I'll be back.
Soon.
Because I will be having all the time in the world for this. I cannot wait. It excites me so much I get so giddy I wanna pee.
Warmest love,
Ma-an
Sunday, 5 October 2014
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Shop til you drop!! Or not.
Shopping. It is probably any men and women would want to do for the rest of their life, given they have the opportunity to do so (like if you're stinking rich). Maybe some dont, but i know most men and women do.
What are the things that would make you lose interest in shopping? Well I have a few.
Annoying and rude shop/store assistants: The moment you step foot in a shop specially those high-end ones, you are completely judged by the way you look, the bag you are carrying, the shoes you're wearing (how uncomfortable you look with it, this is important.) what cellular phone you have n hand and with how you dress. If you do not pass their standard, you're lucky if someone would actually pay attention to you. That is being rude. I remember having this story for quite some time now, based on my experience. There's this one man and as what i have said, if you judge him by the way he look well, i would say that he's a farmer of some sort and i am being generous, some people might actually say that he's a beggar. Although, we were just in SM i would really mind wearing a worn-off jeans, a ragged and really dirty one and slippers with a lot of mud on it, a baseball cap which looks ancient and an old shirt, its light pink but you can tell that the original color was red. We were at the appliance section in SM. He was alone, literally, without any company or sales person beside him. He really got my attention with the way he dressed himself so i was curious that i have been eyeing him for a couple of minutes. He was on the flat-screen TVs aisle. It wasn't that long before he stopped roaming around checking out those TVs, i was thinking maybe that 50inch screen is what he wanted. I was just a few steps away from him by the way. He called for a sales guy, one from the pack of 3 sales person that was just checking him out came. I didn't pay much attention for their silent conversation, it was short though and then the man ordered this 50inch screen in front of him so i looked back again, the sales guy obviously in shock didnt move for a few seconds and went on to assist the man with his order. I was shocked too. The sales guy asked the man for the mode of payment, he asked for the man's credit card, if he owns one. Then the man told him that he doesnt own any cards at all. The sales guy asked in full doubt and uncertainty "ahm... pano po... sir? ahhhhhhh.. cash po ba?" he doesn't even know if he would call him "Sir" which is so damn rude in so many levels. Anyway, the man pulled out a small bag, I didn't notice this one when i first saw him. It goes along with his outfit, it was untidy as well. He said, "cash ang ibayad ko sana, kaso bibilangin ko pa ito." He took his money out from the bag, its thick and all in 1000 peso bill. Then came the riot, the sales person assisting him called for a few back up, the sales guy told the other sales guy to help the man with his money and assist him to the cashier and he asked the other guy to get one unit so they can test it. Suddenly the man became so special. The screen costs around 100k i think. Its branded and well, its 50inch. I was thinking maybe inside of that man's head: "in your faces jack-ass!!" Hah!
The annoying ones. Those who dont let you off their sight kind of sales person. I know, its their job but they dont have to ruin the shopping craze for you, do they? I remember those 2 dumb guys at a toy store. They are both offering me toys from their respective brands i guess, im checking it out one at a time so i can see which one's better. Apparently, the other sales person has a patience with a length of a ruler, he was pissed at the other guy telling him that he was the one who assisted me first and they end up fighting i dont think they even notice me scram. Haha!
SALE: For clothes and shoes ONLY. I dont really like buying shoes or clothes on sale items. They dont usually have other sizes anymore, my size, whether its shoes or clothes. Those on sale are the unchosen ones. The left outs. It is very rare that you would grab a good buy on sale.
Long lines with unethical shoppers: Long lines is a Big No. Even if i have picked out the things that i really wanted to buy already, if i see the long Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine to the cashier i always go "Hmm.. never mind" drop the things/basket down and leave. Sometimes you have no choice but to endure that long line, some people would really go down to stripping your patience off and lose your sanity. Example of those shoppers with insufferable attitude, the one who would go to the line and leave their shopping baskets to save their post and continue shopping. Once they get back after a couple of minutes and their basket was left out and stayed right where they are because obviously its a basket, it doesnt move and substitutes you on the line while you continue shopping, they would go mad and claim that they should be somewhere else, in front of someone or what not. They are annoying.
Undecided shopping buddy: I always opt to shop alone because of this reason.When i shop, i know what i want, i get what i want, paid for it and im done. Some people would like to strip each and every item off the shelf of the whole store or the mall to check on stuffs and go on with it for hourssssss. Always ends up without getting anything though and goes back to their first choice and do the same thing all over again. Arent they amazing? :)
As much i as enjoyed shopping, these things really ticks me off while Im at it.
Holidays are fast approaching so, Have a Smart and Happy Shopping Everyone!! :)
What are the things that would make you lose interest in shopping? Well I have a few.
Annoying and rude shop/store assistants: The moment you step foot in a shop specially those high-end ones, you are completely judged by the way you look, the bag you are carrying, the shoes you're wearing (how uncomfortable you look with it, this is important.) what cellular phone you have n hand and with how you dress. If you do not pass their standard, you're lucky if someone would actually pay attention to you. That is being rude. I remember having this story for quite some time now, based on my experience. There's this one man and as what i have said, if you judge him by the way he look well, i would say that he's a farmer of some sort and i am being generous, some people might actually say that he's a beggar. Although, we were just in SM i would really mind wearing a worn-off jeans, a ragged and really dirty one and slippers with a lot of mud on it, a baseball cap which looks ancient and an old shirt, its light pink but you can tell that the original color was red. We were at the appliance section in SM. He was alone, literally, without any company or sales person beside him. He really got my attention with the way he dressed himself so i was curious that i have been eyeing him for a couple of minutes. He was on the flat-screen TVs aisle. It wasn't that long before he stopped roaming around checking out those TVs, i was thinking maybe that 50inch screen is what he wanted. I was just a few steps away from him by the way. He called for a sales guy, one from the pack of 3 sales person that was just checking him out came. I didn't pay much attention for their silent conversation, it was short though and then the man ordered this 50inch screen in front of him so i looked back again, the sales guy obviously in shock didnt move for a few seconds and went on to assist the man with his order. I was shocked too. The sales guy asked the man for the mode of payment, he asked for the man's credit card, if he owns one. Then the man told him that he doesnt own any cards at all. The sales guy asked in full doubt and uncertainty "ahm... pano po... sir? ahhhhhhh.. cash po ba?" he doesn't even know if he would call him "Sir" which is so damn rude in so many levels. Anyway, the man pulled out a small bag, I didn't notice this one when i first saw him. It goes along with his outfit, it was untidy as well. He said, "cash ang ibayad ko sana, kaso bibilangin ko pa ito." He took his money out from the bag, its thick and all in 1000 peso bill. Then came the riot, the sales person assisting him called for a few back up, the sales guy told the other sales guy to help the man with his money and assist him to the cashier and he asked the other guy to get one unit so they can test it. Suddenly the man became so special. The screen costs around 100k i think. Its branded and well, its 50inch. I was thinking maybe inside of that man's head: "in your faces jack-ass!!" Hah!
The annoying ones. Those who dont let you off their sight kind of sales person. I know, its their job but they dont have to ruin the shopping craze for you, do they? I remember those 2 dumb guys at a toy store. They are both offering me toys from their respective brands i guess, im checking it out one at a time so i can see which one's better. Apparently, the other sales person has a patience with a length of a ruler, he was pissed at the other guy telling him that he was the one who assisted me first and they end up fighting i dont think they even notice me scram. Haha!
SALE: For clothes and shoes ONLY. I dont really like buying shoes or clothes on sale items. They dont usually have other sizes anymore, my size, whether its shoes or clothes. Those on sale are the unchosen ones. The left outs. It is very rare that you would grab a good buy on sale.
Long lines with unethical shoppers: Long lines is a Big No. Even if i have picked out the things that i really wanted to buy already, if i see the long Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine to the cashier i always go "Hmm.. never mind" drop the things/basket down and leave. Sometimes you have no choice but to endure that long line, some people would really go down to stripping your patience off and lose your sanity. Example of those shoppers with insufferable attitude, the one who would go to the line and leave their shopping baskets to save their post and continue shopping. Once they get back after a couple of minutes and their basket was left out and stayed right where they are because obviously its a basket, it doesnt move and substitutes you on the line while you continue shopping, they would go mad and claim that they should be somewhere else, in front of someone or what not. They are annoying.
Undecided shopping buddy: I always opt to shop alone because of this reason.When i shop, i know what i want, i get what i want, paid for it and im done. Some people would like to strip each and every item off the shelf of the whole store or the mall to check on stuffs and go on with it for hourssssss. Always ends up without getting anything though and goes back to their first choice and do the same thing all over again. Arent they amazing? :)
As much i as enjoyed shopping, these things really ticks me off while Im at it.
Holidays are fast approaching so, Have a Smart and Happy Shopping Everyone!! :)
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
100 Random Facts About Me. Really……
I have read a lot of random facts post about people and I even tried answering one. Yes, answering so its really just someone’s asking things about you like an interview or which things do you prefer most from their set of choices. So I have tried to do this thing, one very boring afternoon and didn’t realized that it took up much of my time trying to write whatever pops up into my mind about myself.
1. I am afraid of clowns. I guess watching the film “IT” as a child was a very bad thing to do. So I have that film to blame how those creepy clowns failed to out grown me.
2. I am a righty. But I remember when I was a kid, I was able to use both my left and right hand to write.
3. I don’t write in cursive letters.
4. Me, putting words in tagalong will only complicate things, so don’t count on it. I remember having Filipino Subject as my lowest grade back in High school.
5. I love writing/blogging, if only I have all the time in the world for it.
6. I can sing.
7. I can dance.
8. I can cook.
9. I can draw. – aren’t I the most talented one? haha
10. I call my sisters by different name. I call my eldest sister Wack and the other one Day. Haha
11. I can fold the tip of my tongue and hold it for as long as I can. Huh? Talented, as I said :D
12. I am a movie buff.
13. Cockroaches and rats scares the heck out of me.
14. <-- I hate this number.
15. I like Anne Curtis.
16. I like Shaun the Sheep and I watch it every night at 11PM.
17. And so as Phineas and Ferb.
18. I don’t like shows on MTV.
19. I don’t like shows on local channel as well.
20. Disney channel is the main stay on my TV.
21. I am Hypothyroid.
22. A germ/bacteria freak.
23. I sanitize my hand as frequent as I speak.
24. I do not touch anything in public like escalator guide rails, elevator buttons and door handles as much as I can. Again, germ freak!
25. <-- My birth date. What? It is true and I can't think of anything for number 25. hihi
26. I love reading. Anything that is readable. =D
27. I don’t use blue inked pen.
28. I love buying cute notebooks but I don’t write anything on it. They’re just too cute for that. :D
29. I love Paramore/ Hayley Williams.
30. Johnny Depp's been my crush for ages.
31. Been in On/Off mostly On, relationship for Almost 8 years hahaha
32. I can consume a 500mL bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol in one week!
33. I only use green cross brand for my alcohol. The old or what they called the classic version of it.
34. I have like hundreds of memorized songs.
35. I can play guitar and a basic violin.
36. I don’t wear earrings most of the time.
37. I’m allergic to seafood. It’s fatal!
38. I love the original Middle Eastern shawarma. (Chicken with Fries and very tasty garlic mayo and pickles but I always opted it out. No pickles for me.)
39. I don’t like ketchup on my sandwich.
40. I eat only one viand at a time. I don’t like different kinds of food on my plate all at the same time.
41. I named my car Vox.
42. I don’t and I can't sleep without a lampshade on.
43. I cannot be anywhere on a trip without teddy, “my teddy”.
44. I like wearing men’s perfume.
45. My real name is Ma-an. Ma with the dash An.
46. I can do splits way back in High school. Crazy huh? Haha
47. I have become a cheer leader once in my lifetime.
48. I have a girlfriend and a boyfriend.
49. I may look fat but I don’t eat as much as I looked like. (?)
50. I love kids. They’re the cutest thing in the world.
51. I love surprises.
52. I am not spoiled. I deserve all my stuffs. :)
53. I love shopping! ( I mean come on, who doesn’t?)
54. I am a techy person.
55. I hate stupid people.
56. I hate seeing random moronic acts.
57. I have an excellent face recognition memory.
58. My pain tolerance is pretty high.
59. But...I cry very very very very I mean very easily. I could cry watching a touching TV commercial. That easy!
60. Rode the Gondola on my 5th stay at Venetian. For free!
61. My hands are always cold. (Hypo)
62. Lip stick/balm/gloss, the only cosmetic item that I use every day. Not fond of makeups.
63. I hate places like Pasig, Malate, Baclaran.
64. I think glorietta is boring.
65. I am a chocolate aficionado.
66. I love Maki.
67. My scrambled egg and omelet is a must-try! haha
68. I love cheesecake. I make pretty good one too! :)
69. I am no fan of high-heeled shoes.
70. I love red.
71. I have a poor eye sight.
72. My room’s messy but it’s not dirty. It’s a two different thing.
73. I love scanning photos, taking pictures and all the likes. :)
74. I’m a Harry Potter fan.
75. I love music.
76. I can sing Eminem’s part on Love the Way You Lie! Haha
77. I have collected every single magazine that Daniel Radcliffe was in when I was in High school.
78. I wish my hair is red.
79. I’m an Etude House lover.
80. I hate departures :(
81. I am way better than you think I am.
82. No one really knows me even if they claimed to.
83. I love everything that is red. Well, almost. :)
84. I have watched the movie “Avatar” after ages that it has been released. Thought it was boring and just another alien type of film. I stand corrected. :)
85. I don’t like gold accessories.
86. Most everyone I know says I don’t have a “childhood”. Well I have, you lot! It’s just there somewhere in my past. In the desert! Haha
87. I could wish all the prostitutes be dead, but that’s a bad thing and I am not supposed to do that. So yeah, I can’t. I’m just saying. Haha
88. I’m not a fan of Summer Season.
89. I don’t like guys with tattoos and smokers.
90. Liars, liars pants on fire. Hate ‘em.
91. A very late bloomer.
92. I love playing basketball on Arcades!
93. I love to travel.
94. I love seeing beaches but I prefer the pool for a swim.
95. I am a very complicated person.
96. I love God.
97. And I also like stewie griffin. I hope it doesn’t complicate things with me loving God. Hehe
98. I am Nyctalopic.
99. I am not a girly- girly type of person. People used to think I’m a lesbo way back in Highschool and they call me “Boy”. H-I-G-H-S-C-H-O-O-L.
100. Oh what dyou know?? I ran out of things to say about myself! Haha Care to try?
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Saturday, 9 July 2011
The Best Thing in My Life
I miss my family. I miss us being together. I miss those times we used to go for vacation completely. I miss the things the way it used to be. :(
I am happy with those who have joined us and made our family grow bigger and happier. I just miss those times that we are still together. Now everyone's have the life of their own. They're everywhere, but here. I feel like i was left alone. :( I'm just missing them too much I guess. I can never get used to this. I have a great family and i feel very grateful and blessed about it. We had fights, we had our short-comings but thats normal, what important is at the end of the day you are still together, as a family. I knew that one day, this will come, we will go and find our different paths, live our lives separately. That's life. We cannot hold on to something forever.
I know, it's not like they were gone, I just miss them. They were everywhere, different countries, different places together with their family, especially my sister. My mom's with my dad. My brother's with mom and dad. My other sister's with her fiancé. Haay.. Everything's different. Name's has been changed. Some left, others came in. But we are still a family, for eternity and that is all that ever matters. :)
It was 2008 when things got a little different. My eldest sister got married and Later that year we have received a very special blessing.. My First Niece was born..
Then a little sister for Gwen..
I am happy with those who have joined us and made our family grow bigger and happier. I just miss those times that we are still together. Now everyone's have the life of their own. They're everywhere, but here. I feel like i was left alone. :( I'm just missing them too much I guess. I can never get used to this. I have a great family and i feel very grateful and blessed about it. We had fights, we had our short-comings but thats normal, what important is at the end of the day you are still together, as a family. I knew that one day, this will come, we will go and find our different paths, live our lives separately. That's life. We cannot hold on to something forever.
I know, it's not like they were gone, I just miss them. They were everywhere, different countries, different places together with their family, especially my sister. My mom's with my dad. My brother's with mom and dad. My other sister's with her fiancé. Haay.. Everything's different. Name's has been changed. Some left, others came in. But we are still a family, for eternity and that is all that ever matters. :)
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| Inday and I at Macau-2009 |
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| My Crazy Siblings at Fort Ilocandia |
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| Fort Ilocandia, Black Pool |
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| She loves me very much. Drowning = Love. Yes. |
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| Mom's Art. |
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| My Family and Our Loyal Driver for, what 20 years? |
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| My two retarded sisters and my nose. Ilocos. |
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| Family at Ilocos 2007 |
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| Vigan 2007 |
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| Fort Ilocandia |
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| Daddy's Little Girl. :) |
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| Siksikan Face. 2006 |
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| Whoever's not here is adopted :D |
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| Hongkong 2007 |
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| Mongkok, Hongkong |
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| Disneyland |
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| Disneyland |
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| 3D glasses (Disneyland) |
It was 2008 when things got a little different. My eldest sister got married and Later that year we have received a very special blessing.. My First Niece was born..
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| Gwen Phoebe Gumpal Balquin - December 23, 2008 |
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| Lookin' Gorgeous at 2. :) |
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| Lauren Yvonne Gumpal Balquin - August 23, 2010 |
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| Smiling Bunny @ 10 Months |
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| Sisters :) |
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| Family :) |
How about a cousin for Gwen & Lauren? This year we welcome my Big Bro's Princess..
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| Summer Jazz Ramos Gumpal February 16, 2011 |
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| Adorable @ 4 months |
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| Family :) |
How adorable and beautiful babies we got. Hmmm.. Genes.. haha! :P
Oh Life... Time flies.. Real Fast..
I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!!!! THEY ARE THE BEST THING EVER!! :)
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
The Reason I Do Not Fancy Television
Television is full of crappy things. Back home, watching TV especially on the local channels, are the very least of my interest. Our 50 inch screen is useful to my sister and I for watching DVD's and anything worth watching on cable channel. It's just full of stupid and uninteresting people. A deceitful maniac hosting a show that is supposed to be wholesome. That's just one.
Tonight I have seen the most pointless, dull, frivolous, inappropriate and ill-considered commercial ever.
I was watching House M.D. and then the commercial was on.....
It's a redbull cartoon ad with stupid flying pigs (as the ad always point out, redbull gives you wings) and a boy who wanted to go to a strip bar. A boy, yes, and his mom who finally gave in to his request the moment she saw the flying pigs. Now that's odd.
A complete 30 second of madness..
In the video the boy "politely" said he wanted to go to "the gentlemen's club" but on TV it was Strip bar. You may want to see the rest of the silly ads of redbull. But i suggest you do not. =P
Tonight I have seen the most pointless, dull, frivolous, inappropriate and ill-considered commercial ever.
I was watching House M.D. and then the commercial was on.....
It's a redbull cartoon ad with stupid flying pigs (as the ad always point out, redbull gives you wings) and a boy who wanted to go to a strip bar. A boy, yes, and his mom who finally gave in to his request the moment she saw the flying pigs. Now that's odd.
A complete 30 second of madness..
In the video the boy "politely" said he wanted to go to "the gentlemen's club" but on TV it was Strip bar. You may want to see the rest of the silly ads of redbull. But i suggest you do not. =P
Friday, 24 June 2011
"Pinoy Monkey Pride"
I don't have anything much to say about this video. 98% of its content is true, otherwise i would not bother trying to share this thing. Being in the third world country and proud of it? Yes. I'd say I earned it. Our government is the worst thing that ever happened to our country. The remaining 2% of this, is my argument. It is quite unfair to always blame poverty to those who are in a nicer and more pleasant position. Businessman or not, in politics or not some people are just blessed with a better life than the lot because they rightfully deserve it in exchange for their hard work and endless effort to be in the position they are in the society.
Some of the people i know, they are less fortunate than myself but they have chosen to stay that way rather than to study because they have given the chance to do so and be able to have a better job in the future but they just do not want to. Basically, some of the poor people choose to be that way. When they decided to ditch high school get their girlfriend pregnant instead and be jobless while raising a kid and then decided to add another unfortunate kid to live the life their parents chose to have and starve, live on the streets, blame the government for not having a job, being homeless when you will come to think of it, it is their fault in the first place, that day they have decided to ditch school and the chain just keeps on going and going and going...
One thing's for sure. It is hopeless. It is happening, yes. Some people are making it happen and some are just letting it happen. Discipline. The very essential thing that our nation do not possess.
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Sharing the same nationality with other Filipino who have "Earned" the pride being a proud Filipino doesn't give you the liberty to celebrate being in your own race. They worked hard for it, it's theirs, it's their time, their lime light.
Although, Charice Pempengco became a bit overrated for me, she really does "earned" that Filipino Pride, regardless if she Enjoys being compared to a Keychain by Paris Hilton, she's young and she's rubbing elbows with the hollywood stars, so who cares!
Manny Pacquiao, will always and forever be Manny Pacquiao whoever takes the line for his autograph, whether it's Angelina Jolie or Kim Kardashian. He too ditched school when he was younger because of "extreme poverty" as written on Wikipedia (for Pacman's Biography) and he suffered the consequences for that choice, now that he is known Globally. He was mocked because of his inability to speak well in English, again WHO CARES?? You're no boxer, I'm no boxer, You can't knock your opponent down in 2nd round, I can't either, we're no "six-division world champion" so who cares, He's pacquiao, what important is he is learning now. A well-deserved-chin-high-pride "earned" for Pacman. 'nuff said. But I still wished he didn't pursued the pathetic world of Philippine Politics.I might left you wondering about the "earned" thing. Watch the Video. :)
Monday, 20 June 2011
First Post: "OFW"
I am a newbie in Blogger, but not in blogging. I have started this new blog site again. I missed writing just about anything that i could think of, so for my first post, a little something that i have experienced recently.
I am no OFW although I am OVERSEAS, I am a FILIPINO but I am not a WORKER here :) These past few weeks I get to see the life of an OFW no matter how aware I am with the life of an OFW, My dad's an OFW, my brother's an OFW, my brother-in-law's an OFW so as his wife, my sister is now an OFW and most of my family is abroad. Fortunate to have been accepted in a good company in their respective fields, it is rewarding in some ways but its one heck of a sacrifice. It really is, like as it was for me, living here away from the life that I am used to back in the Philippines. Its a totally different thing, at home (at Philly) I can just sit around all day and expect a food on the table. Here, you don't cook, buy or dine out you will starve. There, whenever i feel like going out, go anywhere, anytime i can drive my car and be comfortable, here you take the bus, take time to remember each bus number with their respective routes, swipe your bus card if you have one or pay some coins and if you get lucky you can seat or you can take an overly-priced taxi with some rude-none-english speaking-taxi-driver. Back home, (yes i can really say there's no place like home!) At home you get out of your room, open the gate or wait for Apong or Nico or Kuya Boy or Yaya to open the gate for you and just drive away, same thing when you get back, a little beep-beep here and there wait for someone to open the gate then voila! you're home. Here, you get out of the house, go to the elevator press the disgusting buttons that god knows who have pushed that buttons and where..oh i don't want to know!.. then wait for a minute or two to endure the annoying sound inside the elevator before you get off and go straight to the gate to push another button and then finally you're out. That is just for leaving the building, when you decided to go back you must be ready to stand right in front of the gate where you need to key in your number combination and be able to grant an access inside the building and repeat the catastrophic elevator experience and then you're home. At the Philippines, all your friends are there, your family, your Yaya who cleans the house, wash the dishes and do the laundry for you, your Mom who cooks for you. Here you do it all by yourself. *sigh.. Life...
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A day in a life of an OFW.
I am no OFW although I am OVERSEAS, I am a FILIPINO but I am not a WORKER here :) These past few weeks I get to see the life of an OFW no matter how aware I am with the life of an OFW, My dad's an OFW, my brother's an OFW, my brother-in-law's an OFW so as his wife, my sister is now an OFW and most of my family is abroad. Fortunate to have been accepted in a good company in their respective fields, it is rewarding in some ways but its one heck of a sacrifice. It really is, like as it was for me, living here away from the life that I am used to back in the Philippines. Its a totally different thing, at home (at Philly) I can just sit around all day and expect a food on the table. Here, you don't cook, buy or dine out you will starve. There, whenever i feel like going out, go anywhere, anytime i can drive my car and be comfortable, here you take the bus, take time to remember each bus number with their respective routes, swipe your bus card if you have one or pay some coins and if you get lucky you can seat or you can take an overly-priced taxi with some rude-none-english speaking-taxi-driver. Back home, (yes i can really say there's no place like home!) At home you get out of your room, open the gate or wait for Apong or Nico or Kuya Boy or Yaya to open the gate for you and just drive away, same thing when you get back, a little beep-beep here and there wait for someone to open the gate then voila! you're home. Here, you get out of the house, go to the elevator press the disgusting buttons that god knows who have pushed that buttons and where..oh i don't want to know!.. then wait for a minute or two to endure the annoying sound inside the elevator before you get off and go straight to the gate to push another button and then finally you're out. That is just for leaving the building, when you decided to go back you must be ready to stand right in front of the gate where you need to key in your number combination and be able to grant an access inside the building and repeat the catastrophic elevator experience and then you're home. At the Philippines, all your friends are there, your family, your Yaya who cleans the house, wash the dishes and do the laundry for you, your Mom who cooks for you. Here you do it all by yourself. *sigh.. Life...
Well now, that may seemed unfair, there are good things in here too. See, here you can go out late at night for a Hot Choco or if you prefer Ice cream without worrying much cause its safer unlike in the Philippines you go out around 10PM to get some Ice cream consider yourself very lucky if you didn't get robbed or killed or both. And once you get out of the building almost everything that you need is just 3-5 minutes walk away. There are a lot of free things here. You can run in a stadium, go for a gym and workout for free, go to a park for free and a lot more compared to the Philippines every move you make cost you a Peso. But I miss home, I miss everyone there, one mortal enemy of an OFW as they say, "Homesickness!" So true. especially when you have left someone back home. Its a whole lot of a different thing and I'm learning everyday from it.
Another cool thing here, the view from my room :)
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