Friend

I got the best text ever from my friend today.

Hehe I won’t say anything nalang. There are no words.

Pampanga Food trip!

Went to Pampanga yesterday for an impromptu food trip thanks to Trish and Arnel. I am still full. I think I gained back the 2lbs I lost last week. Waaah! But it was well worth it. Haha

Check out my travel blog: Restless Wander for the full entry

Writing

So what’s it like being a (temporary) bum again?

It’s driving me crazy. Yes I have been out and about every day but the lack of brain activity is killing me. I’m taking care of my CV–well I should be doing that but the thing is I don’t really feel like I’m out of a job. I just see this as a temporary setback. Hay. I hate it. Thank God I’m coaching because at least I have that to keep me busy.

And the silver lining here is also travel. I’ll be going to Ilocos next week and then Sagada the week after. The downside is money though. I am slowly depleting my savings. So I’m looking to find other ways of creatively earning money. I’m cleaning out half my room right now for a garage sale. Mostly, I’ll be selling my books. The ones I have to finally let go of because they are just piling up in my room. Waaah.

What else? Ooooh I’ve been invited to contribute an article for Travel Life magazine. My friend Alexis is features editor there. I told her I’m going to Sagada and she said that I might want to find another angle to Sagada because it’s quite gasgas already. Hehe hmmm. Basta I’ll figure something out!

I’m meeting my editorial team later for snack and a movie and then I’m heading over to OCCI for my council meeting. Why did I have to schedule them on the same night? Haha.

What else is up with me?

Well, truth be told, I don’t really resist the not-doing-anything part of being a bum. It’s the having to stay at home part that gets to me. See, my aunt is undergoing chemo and radiation. And it’s tough seeing someone whom you’ve always regarded as strong look so weak. It kills me. I know I shouldn’t really avoid seeing Tita especially now when she needs family the most. Zeph had a point last night. She needs to see (from me) that there is hope so I shouldn’t shut her out. Sigh. I just really don’t like the fact that this takes me back to when Auntie Char was sick and I couldn’t do anything about it. I guess maybe this time somebody up there is telling me that I should approach this differently from the last. Hay. Oh well. And my cousins need me. So there.

The next post will be more happy, promise. haha

The Benefits of Coaching

You go out to lunch and you find this message on your YM the moment you get back to the office:

chicoy estinoso: miss you na trish! pwede mag call time over ym?
chicoy estinoso: haha anyway, lately kase i feel like im going back to my old confused self.. until last night i was processing myself. checking on the belief systems running in my head. parang nagsu-surface kase yung worthiness issues ko
chicoy estinoso: hahaha
chicoy estinoso: but this morning i just felt like shouting out loud. like something inside me wants to break out. thats why i want to tell you that i love you so much and i thank you for being such a wonderful gift to my life. parang i need to reconnect with people and just tell them how much i love them.

Awww. *tears*

This is why I do this. Sigh.

Woot!

My Travel Blog, Restless Wander, got nominated as Best Blog under Travel Category. Woot!

I hope it wins! Hehehe

Straight out of an Ugly Betty episode

That, my friends, is how my career is at the moment. Haha ang gulo!!! But I am entertained–well, I have to be unless I want to drive myself insane with worry. I’ll do the worrying when I feel the effects of what is happening. In the mean time, I will be on a wait-and-see mood. Thank God, really, for my twisted sense of humor. I like how I am still able to laugh at the predicament I am in. Haha.

Besides my career’s hanging by a thread situation, life is great. Hehe I am happy.

If anything, I know this is happening for a reason. Wow I can’t believe I’m still in an optimistic mood. Hahaha.

So tomorrow’s the second intensive workshop for LEAP and I’m actually quite excited about it. I can’t wait to see how my council will perform. They better bring it. Haha. I don’t know if I still want to coach for Marlon in LEAP 39. Well, I want to–I love Loni and I really enjoyed working with him in 36. But I miss my life outside LEAP. Leap just eats up so much of my time and I really miss moments when I would just be at home with nothing but DVDs to watch. I miss making spur of the moment decisions like watching movies or going out of town unplanned.

And I swear, time is fast when you’re taking LEAP. I started my first coaching stint some time March and now I’m on my second and wow, I didn’t notice it but I have actually been coaching for more than half a year already. But the perks, what’s awesome about it is…aside from the characters you meet, you create goals that are really BIG. And you have not one idle moment. As in nada. Every moment is a moment well spent. That’s what I love about it.

Then again, I miss my DVD marathons, my friends, my family, my ME time…I don’t know. I’m still thinking about it. I guess I’ll have my answer once this ends.

In the meantime, I’m really enjoying everything that is happening. My schedule’s totally packed (well, until this week, that is!) but I don’t feel drained at the end of the day. I feel content instead. Hehe.

Integrity

Life has not had one boring moment lately.

It all started last Monday and it has been quite the ride since! Haha I know I will eventually look back and laugh at the things that happened this week, come to think of it, I’m even laughing at it now. I really don’t know what’ll happen next but I know that I acted coming from my own values which I refused to compromise for the sake of an advancement SO…I rest easy. I don’t have trouble sleeping at night.

Hehehe.

Intriga kayo noh???

Work aside, all other parts of my life are peachy. The only thing I’m really having problem with is my schedule. I’ve been OT-ing since Tuesday and my ghad, it’s a miracle I’m still standing! It’s getting in the way of my coaching also and my planned trips. Hay. I’ll find a way somehow.

Kaya to!

Hyde and Seek

Work has been amusing lately. Hahaha. This is just sooo funny!

If I don’t laugh at her–IT–I’d go bonkers. Thank God for Mcdo Hot Fudge Sundaes! Hahaha.

I have met Ms. Personality. The Devil in Aerosoles. Haha. Til tomorrow’s dramatic episode!

Well what do you know…

Di lang pala ako!

Hahaha. Not that I thought of everybody as a robot, but I had this idea when I was a kid that I see the world differently. I always had this thought that everybody else viewed the world in REVERSE Technicolor. White would be black, orange would be green, yellow would be purple. Something like that. Hehe.

Is that weird?

And I sometimes dream with SUBTITLES. It happened more than twice. haha LABO!