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Booked In
July 25, 2011I’m ashamed to admit it but it’s been a while since I read a book (of course, not counting the reference ones I have to read in the office). Nowadays, I’m more into watching downloaded TV series on my laptop. Maybe because I’m a visual person but I also have a very active imagination. Sometimes the movies adapated from books don’t do justice to what I envisioned in my mind while reading it.
When I was in grade school, I was always in the library gobbling up all the fairy tale story books I could get my hands on. During high school, I read a lot of romance novels. When I started earning my own money, I parted with my hard-earned dinero just to buy the best-sellers in the book store.
Nowadays, I think I lost my passion for reading books. I still read, of course ——– newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc, but not books. I now want to rekindle my desire in reading whether soft or hard bound books. Call me old-school but e-books don’t count (don’t ask me why, it’s just is).
Oh, I still be watching my series. They’re not mutually exclusive. To start-off my resolution, I’m currently reading “Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo. Next on my list : Game of Thrones and Before Even After. =o)
Assignments
July 23, 2011I’m apparently the go to gal when the kids’ of my friends have homework and they can’t answer them. I solve the problem if it’s mathematical or logic related. I search the Net for information regarding an obscure object, person or event for a report. I once helped a child create a diorama because her mom was sick and we (take note of the pronoun) got a grade 98 for our efforts.
But when somebody needs me to be a resource speaker or needs me to be interviewed as an expert, that’s where I draw the line. You know me — I’d rather work in the background and not be the star. So I just introduced them to another friend who can be more helpful than me.
Shy may be one of the last adjectives that can used in describing me but I am, well, sort of. A few would say I’m good in public speaking. I once hosted an event in a hotel with an audience of around 300 —- but that was a favor for a friend in dire need (I wasn’t also in my right mind when I acquiesced) and it was ages ago. Now the spotlight scare the living daylights out of me. I’d rather be incognito, the wind beneath someone’s wings, someone who works behind the scenes.
But who know’s? I may revert back to my gregarious personality in my early 20s. Naaahh! While revival may be hip nowadays, some things are best left in the past.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
July 17, 2011It’s been raining blessings again. But this time, it’s been popping left and right like zits on an oily face (sorry for the mental image). I still haven’t fully grasp a mighty gift from the heavens when another unexpected manna comes along. Again….. and again…. and yet again….Not to sound ungrateful but sometimes it leaves me befuddled. Knowing my track record, I’d be the first to admit that I don’t deserve these.
Most people I know only question matters when the situation is going bad for them. Not me. I throw questions in the wind as to why all these good things keep happening when clearly other people deserve it more than me. But as someone said —- don’t question it, just accept it and be thankful. Of which I am, so much so that I am also humbled by it.
Inadequate but heartfelt : Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
9th Letter of the Alphabet
July 10, 2011i don’t like to drink water ♣ i have a very good imagination ♣ i don’t like wearing white tops ♣ i love massages ♣ i can read lips ♣ i hate stairs ♣ i can play the piano ♣ i’m good at finding misplaced things* ♣ i have keloids ♣ i have pedicures but not manicures ♣ i can be a prudish at times ♣ i like witty humor with a hint of sarcasm ♣ i’m a procrastinator ♣ i don’t like carrying heavy objects ♣ i’m a night owl ♣ i hate long lines ♣ i like taking long hot showers ♣ i’m good at playing mahjong ♣ i don’t like wearing skirts or dresses ♣ i sometimes snore ♣ i have a secret mole ♣ i use my sunglasses as hairband ♣ i don’t like to drink hot beverages ♣ i’m a walking paradox
Your turn….
*sadly, not my own
Putting on my face
July 7, 2011MAC Pressed Powder, MAC Lipstick, MAC Eyeliner and I’m ready to face (pun intended) the world. It’s really that simple.
But of course, it’s a different story if I’m trying to impress someone <wink> <wink> =o)
P.S. To the person who asked, sorry, don’t have twitter or facebook. I’m a social pariah… hehehe =oP
Outclassed
July 2, 2011 Just got my Annual Physical Examination (APE) results in the office and I was classified as a Class C. By DOH standards, I am “with abnormal findings generally not accepted for employment”. But it was redefined by the medical team as “employable but owing to certain impairments or conditions requires special placement or limited duty in a specified or selected assignment requiring follow-up treatment/periodic evaluation”. Quite a mouthful, right? Anyway, I was classified as such mainly because I failed my blood test. I was anemic — that was a given. But I’d like to note that my blood chemistry has improved a lot. Still, not in the normal range but not anymore that bad that would bring the words “blood transfusion” to any respectable hematologist. Another finding was that I had a high cholesterol — I was expecting that. But I didn’t expect that it would go through the roof. I failed in epic proportions. I mean it’s way high — steep, so up there. I compared my results with my other officemates (read : friends in the office) who are also in the same predicament but nobody could hold a candle on me. My count was even higher compared to the guy who is more than twice my size in terms of weight. I went to someone who I know would surely surpass my number because he wasn’t called the “(food) terminator” for nothing. But his cholesterol count was normal. What?!? I was stumped. I couldn’t believe it. The first thought that came to head was his results had to be rigged. Til he confessed that he was already on drugs (read: meds). So that leaves me —- Hail to the Queen of Cholesterol! =oP I am such because I am a premium card carrying member of the carnivore club who loves fried and fatty foods. I guess I have to re-evaluate my diet again. No more chicaron. Sniff, sniff. No more steaks. Waaaahhh! (Kill me now……… joke!) I think it’ll be harder for me to give up beef and pork compared to giving up rice. Just thinking about it makes me crave it more. (Note to self : EQ. Self-control. No to instant gratification. You can eat it again once your cholesterol is in the decent level) Pounding another nail to my coffin is that they said I had an elevated blood pressure. But in my defense, I have white coat syndrome (sorry, not in the mood to explain this. feel free to google it. hehehehe). Though I have a family history on this on my mother side of the family. Another exam I was expecting to fail was for my fasting blood sugar. Knowing my penchant for sweets, not to mention my Dad had diabetes (as well as all his siblings), I thought I was a goner in this aspect. But surprise, surprise, I passed with flying colors. The level was normal, as average as it could get and not a single sugar crystal in my urinalysis. Yey! And to celebrate my small feat, I ate ice cream, cake and chocolates as midnight snack at the end of that day. =oP Earlier, I mentioned I was rated a class C. I thought I’d be one from a few who had this rating. But majority of the people in the office had it as its rating — around 80-85 percent. Only a handful got a Class A — physically fit. Some people who I knew to be health conscious or those who are young enough to be at the peak of their health got a Class B or C rating. They had findings in their X-ray, ECG, etc. What’s up with that? Either classification was that stringent or it was a ploy by our health card so that we would use it for further evaluation thereby gaining more income for them. Someone joked it was a strategy by management so that we wouldn’t look for another job because we deemed ourselves “unfit” for employment. hehehehe…. Anyway, that being said, I will be going to a doctor one of these days for proper meds to be prescribed, if needed. Hopefully, by next year I will be promoted to Class B —– or to the so exclusive Class A. One can dream, right? =oP