After the long preparation at last it is over... and there I go again sorry for being dead in a while and I'll be dead soon again coz i'll be having my Christmas vacation in the phils..
Well, this post will feature our Gala Dinner 2008. This is indeed a stressful one coz I am the incharge for the dances entertainment part. My students had exerted much effort just to make their performances best and thank God the feedback was good that their performances is better than last year and I'm so proud for that because I am the coreographer hahaha... The few photos above are taken on that night... more to come soon...
I received a text message from my sis in law today saying that they are currently attending the the judging of an awarding of retired Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) to be awarded by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
Few months ago, my parents were given an award from OWWA as a successful OFW worker from the entire Samal Island and today I'm so happy knowing that my parents were chosen again as the most successful OFW for the entire Mindanao region and they will be the entry from Mindanao for the National awarding. Of course I wish them to be the the winner but if they will not win, for me they are already my champion. I am not what I am now if they didn't sacrifice.
I am also glad that the letter I sent to OWWA were given a chance to be read in the public that caused my mama to shed tears. I know its tears of joy and I'm glad that she's happy knowing that we appreciate them and salute them as our parents. Stated below is the letter for my papa and mama.
Dear Papa and Mama,
Thank you for the sacrifices you have endured in order to race us and provide for us. I never understand the sacrifices you have bartered of working overseas from being there for us during the time we are growing until I experienced it myself.
I thought life here in abroad was easy, that you are having good times while we are growing up without parents. However, from the time I started to work here, I have proven myself wrong and was able to contemplate that I am the one indeed having good times enjoying the benefits of your hard works just to give us brighter future. I started to work here in Brunei and I saw it myself how my Papa endure his job for 18 years. He woke up everyday @ 4:00 am to drive and he is driving until evening. Every time he fetched me from my work place, I can smell his sweat and it crumpled my heart thinking that all these hardships he endured for 18 years because he have dreams for us. I may not witnessed how my Mama endured her job for 18 yrs or so but I knew how difficult life was because working on a foreign land is indeed difficult. Different race, different culture, different language a lot of differences yet they survive and I sure will survive.
To Mama and Papa, I am very proud to have you as my parents! I owe every inch of success I have today because you dreamed for me and for my siblings. I'm proud to say that you fulfilled your dreams because we are not a failure. If you did not sacrifice I will be nobody.
When you argue with someone else you will never cease until you prove yourself right.Why do we quarrel?Indeed we quarrel because we wanted to pursue our conviction that the other person is wrong because we are right.However, the person you are quarreling with is as well thinking the same way as you do. Thus, nobody shall give up and it will never cease nor shall end with good conclusion.
One drawback of a quarrel is that the more you say for reasons of expressing what you feel even if it’s not right but you believe it is right would probably hurt the other party and because the other party was upset and got hurt then he/she would probably hurt you back.
When I taught English for business communication subject, it says that one major disadvantage of oral communication is that it is by far likely produces more mistakes since it is spontaneous.Once you've said it, you can’t take it back.That’s why when you hurt someone verbally, no matter how sorry you are the damage has been done.
But one good benefit of a quarrel is the realization of who really is right.Is it you or the other party?When you are over the anger or have composed yourself back, it’s good to review what have been said by you and the person you are quarreling with.Then, you will find out who is right.Acceptance of your fault and probably the other party’s fault is necessary otherwise, it will take you a lifetime to resolve such issue or you’ll get tired of arguing over and over the same old story.
BUT, acceptance is not easy, as I have mentioned in my past post humans are built up with PRIDE and it’s very difficult to combat with PRIDE because it’s an evil creation.
Did someone told you that he/she loves you but they don't have enough courage to fight for you?
If you are in the situation what would you feel? I know you will ask me if it happened to me, and I'll be honest yes it happened not once not twice and that's why it made me believe that it's part of my destiny to be rejected? huhuhu
I appreciate your comment for this... Thank you...
Kinda busy guys sorry if no much update for this month... But I appreciate your visits... I'll try my best to update even short one's.
It is one of the topic of my student's assignment to review and research what are the major criticism of Windows Vista received after its shipment on 30 January 2007 and during the beta releases earlier. I just want to share the insights and findings I have gathered as stated below:
Windows Vista is often referred to as longhorn because of the fact that the development has taken longer time than expected.The development has indeed taken 5 years and that is why many had hoped for the best.
Hardware Requirement is very high
It is quiet daunting to note that Windows Vista’s minimum hardware requirement is very high that older PC bought before 2005 needs to have an upgrade. According to Paul Thurrott, the minimum hardware requirements that can run on Vista OS are as follows”
“- A "modern" Intel, AMD, or VIA Technologies CPU
- 512MB of RAM or more
- A DirectX 9-class 3D graphics card
Such a system will provide what Microsoft calls a "good" experience with Vista, though it might not provide you with the high-end Aero Glass UI. For a better experience, the company recommends a graphics processor that supports the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) technology. Such systems will enjoy "enhanced graphics stability, multi-application performance, and monitor hot-plugging" when compared to Windows XP, Microsoft says. For the best experience, Microsoft recommends DirectX 9-class graphics hardware that supports WDDM and Pixel Shader 2.0 technologies, and 64-256MB of dedicated video RAM, depending on screen resolution.”
For Windows XP user upgrade option, Microsoft offers a discount where you just need to pay $99 but for a stand-alone Vista version, user has to fully pay the selling price. The Home, Premium cost is $299 and Windows Vista Ultimate cost is $399 where the Aero UI and Media Center capabilities are included. These features allows user to experience a good multimedia computing but these feature is not available in Home Basic version. Additionally, if you have Xbox gadget, Home Basic can’t connect the peripheral.
Microsoft offers three versions of Vista to home users in the U.S. -- Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate. You can buy any of these in the upgrade version with a discount, or the stand-alone version without the discount.
The cheapest way for current Windows XP users to get a legal copy of Vista is to buy the upgrade version of Home Basic, which is $99. But you don't want the cheapest version.
First, the upgrade version will require you to keep your Windows XP CD for years. You do have a Windows XP CD handy, don't you? Second, Home Basic just won't cut it for most people. It lacks the Aero UI and Media Center capabilities. Plus, you can't connect Xbox peripherals to Home Basic. For many, including yours truly, those are the three best reasons to upgrade to Vista in the first place.
A big discount only can be gained if the buyer will get a new PC because the computer reseller’s acquired huge discounts and it will indeed cost too much to purchase new set of PC especially in business used.
“Installing any new operating system is time-consuming. You have to configure everything, load your data, install your applications and get your peripherals working. Then, in the case of Vista, you have to figure out where Microsoft buried all the options, menus and features and get used to the ubiquitous Search boxes. Anytime you want to do anything in Vista, it seems, the software asks, "Are you sure?" You'll want to figure out how to turn that off and customize Vista to get rid of all its annoying "user-friendly" hand-holding "features."
But buying Vista now, and installing it on old hardware, adds additional, time-consuming tasks -- possibly an additional day or two. Why? Chances are, you'll have to hunt down, install and troubleshoot new drivers for your old peripherals and system components.” (Mike Elgan. 2007)
Windows Easy Transfer where you can easily transfer all installed application from Windows XP to vista is one of the feature of Vista. However, it only works when the user has re-installed all applications because it does not really move the installed applications but merely setup data.
Thus, Windows XP to Vista upgrade is just a big hassle using your old PC and that is why it is not recommended to install Vista on an older PC.
XP SP 3 is proven to be faster than Windows Vista
“New tests have revealed that Windows XP with the beta Service Pack 3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with its long-awaited Service Pack 1.”(Suzanne Tindal. 2007)
Researchers from Florida based Software Company Devil Mountain Software proves than the Windows Vista performance was not overwhelming which proves that the Windows XP SP3 predecessor outshines Vista in terms of speed.
“Vista, both with and without SP1, performed notably slower than XP with SP3 in the test, taking over 80 seconds to complete the test, compared to the beta SP3-enhanced XP's 35 seconds.” (Suzanne Tindal. 2007)
The test was tested using a Dell XPS M1710 with a 2GHz Core 2 Dou CPU and 1GB RAM where Microsoft Office 2007 software was used using a simultaneous productivity task that include a compound document and supporting workbooks and presentation materials.The test has resulted with Vista performance increased less than 2% and the XP SP3 performance increased of 10%.
Reports shows that the UAC or User Account Control feature of Windows Vista gives so much frustration to its users as it always prompts user for every application or hardware driver to be installed if the user is not the administrator.This frustrates users because most of the PC users are the administrators itself yet it still prompts for some administrative permission.
Have you ever revealed a personal secret to your friend? I believe all of us have secrets... Some of them maybe dark secrets? hehe... Example secrets taken from click a confession website 1) I am Armandy i am a guy and i like to wear womens panties. (bwahahaha iwwww) 2) I can not help myself. I'm constantly wanting to have sex. I masturbate all the time. What can a girl do? ( oh no....)
Well, back to the topic... there are pros and cons when your secret will be revealed either accidentally or intentionally. First is the effect to the person who knew the secret. You may look bad especially when the secret is unexpected. Nonacceptance will follow somehow depends on the person's mind either they have broad minds or shallow. Friendship may build gaps and that you may need to extend effort to bridge that gap and allow him/her to accept you again.
Nonetheless, there are many benefits in revealing a secret to a person you can call "confidant". People reveal secrets because they want to feel better and wish to gain new insights from the person they have revealed their secrets... There are just important things to remember before the revelation: choose a confidant that can keep a secret, nonjudgmental people is necessary as to avoid you to be jeopardized, discreet and who were able to offer advices for your self betterment.
BE CAREFUL... AND DO NOT TELL ME YOUR SECRET AS I AM NOT DISCREET HEHEHE...
I didn't expect that few of my students will surprise me today 23 September 2008 (late blog entry). From the time I open my eyes, out of my awareness, Brunei is commemorating "Selamat Hari Guru" in English "Teacher's Day".
Routine tasking was on my mind's thought the moment I sat on my office chair... I was checking my post-it note on task to do... yet out of my expectations: two students brought a bouquet of roses approaching me and Rocel (my co-teacher) and they hand us those beautiful flowers and greeted us "Happy Teachers Day!!!" I was indeed overwhelmed... It's a good feeling knowing that the people whom you render your service do appreciate your efforts. Although I am paid for that but the thought of knowing you are valued really matters. People say, if you work or do something, you should not expect anything in return, yet a simple gesture of thank you and I appreciate your work or a job well done really matters.
Moral of the story? hehe.. well, we should not weigh the magnitude of what other people have done for us. Either it's petty or big favor it would be best if we can return the favor with a simple appreciation. Saying thank you satisfy a helping hand... saying I appreciate your effort, lighten an exhausted soul from the efforts poured out while helping you. It's good to feel you not are worthless..
the photos herewith are all the symbols of appreciations from my students and it makes me feel so happy... Thank you dear students... I am glad to be at your service for as long as I can...
Chocolates and my teacher's pet love note hahaha... home baked cookies with almond inside...
Thank you CHAI (CF) for being my blog reader and my supporter, you are one of my inspirations why I have to update my blog because I know that you look forward for updates ahehehe (tama ba chai or over ko? hehe)
... Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado I would like to feature chai for being soooo close yet so far away... People's perception about her is that she's "SUPLADA"but in fact she's not... she's a good soul... she can dance with whatever tune I may play (not literally, I mean she can get along with any people from all walks of life...she's just resrved though).
THANK YOU CHAI FOR APPRECIATING MY BLOG...
You want to know who is she there she is.... tan tararaan....
Hi chai.. don't be mad for not asking your permission to feature you ha.. hehehe... i love this gal... keep on rocking girl...
8 random things you may or may not know about me . Thank you so muchMolit (FC) and Amor for this Tag. So common try to know me better from these 8 facts extracted from my life's fact sheets.
1. When I was 1st yr hi-skul, a crowd saw my ass (pwet) hehe. Why? because there was a Student Body election and my friends were very keen to know the result so we waited until the counting was over yet I have this nature call and I can't stop it already but then the toilet was so dirty so I ran onto a big TREE sat down there and put down my panty and whew I pee. When I was having a pee, I heard a crowd yelling and whistling and when I step out from hiding the big TREE everyone in the campus were looking at me huhuhu... My world stop, I thought that the big TREE covered my ASS yet people saw me and my bum bum huhuhu I am so embarassed and a senior approach me and tell me that everybody saw my ass when I pee behind that asshole tree... What can I do? I have exposed my ass already so I just walk out and wave to them KAYA NYO YON? (can you do that?) hehe...
2. I pretend to be "dalaga" or had my first period when I was grade six hehe.. coz most of my friends were dalaga already and I'm a late bloomer so I pretended. I show them my panty with a blood but I actually dip it in a water mixed with "red jubos" a coloring powder. So liar huh? The reason why I did that because they always teases me that I don't have the right to have a bf or even a crush either yet since I haven't had my first period huhuhu... Honestly I got my first period when I was second year high school 2 yrs after my pretension hehehe shhhh its our secret k.
3. I talk when I sleep and sometimes I even sing. My kuya's friend who slept over at my place next to my room overheared me singing but he doesn't know that its me, so he awakened my kuya with a frightened face and ask "Paul, may multo na kumakanta" hahaha (there's a ghost singing)... he thought I was a ghost but my kuya didn't tell him that it's me even though kuya knows it's me. Until the next morning, he ask around if they heard a girl singing the previous night and everyone laugh at him bwahahaha...
4. I love to sleep with a soft music playing on a radio or playing on my ears. over mp3 pla MP3's (oldies songs preferably)
5. I sleep while riding jeepney or BUS. I always missed to say "Para" in english Stop to the driver at my destination point because I fall asleep.
6. I have a number of failure lovelife... not once, not twice but many... huhuhu... but I'm stronger now because of those failures... I've been a lot too not to mention them... but it's a lot...
7. I put my family first before me... When I was studying I said to myself. I should be able to graduate and land with a good job so that I can help my family and let them experience a comfort living... poor lang po kami hehe. (we're just poor).. although I fail to give them a very comfortable living as I have dreamed before but I'm happy because a little fraction of that dream was realized.
8. I am a hopeless romantic dreamer... I have so many dreams and imaginations. I even want to write those dreams and published it as a novel hehe but I am also a frustrated writer... you want a piece of it ok short lng to just a synopsis...
I day dream this when I was hand washing my brothers dirty clothes and school uniforms after I came home from school that was high school.
" I was dreaming living in a kubo (small house) and that kubo is near in a cold spring where I always do the laundry, the place is like paradise... there are fruit trees around birds are singing with me until a handsome lost traveler saw me and seek help yet I can't help him as my world revolves to my kubo and my spring until he decided to stay with me forever..." it's a long story i just make it short kc mapapagod kyo eh hehe... Thus, I am a certified hopeless romantic but it's fiction, a fantasy but I am not living in that fantasy because I know that reality is more chaotic, painful, challenging but happier than fantasy... there are more to reality of life than fantasy yeah?
Done. Now I want these 8 bloggers to blog 8 things about them and these are as follows:
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. 3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. 4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
Somewhere along a couple's journey, betrayal may arise. There are a lot of possible reasons why this shit happens. It could be communication breakdown, one night stand, failure of fulfilling each others needs, frequent fights, insensitivity, selfishness and etc...
Now let me ask you, if it happens to you, I mean you've been betrayed what should you do? Will you quit breathing? or keep bleeding? hehe... well, they said that when you love you have to love everything and that includes the "dark side of the person". Nobody's perfect yeah? If you've been betrayed, never make decision because you are in pain, getting over grief is a process so keep on grieving until the pain subside and what's next to that?
Moving on... Moving on does not necessarily means goodbye or otherwise it can be goodbye. Decision is for you to take but be careful of the consequences of whatever decision you may take. When you chose to stay, then stop blaming yourself or blaming him for what happened it will never worked, according to Coleman a divorce specialist "confront your doubts and fears. Instead of blaming, try to discover why the relationship wasn't as solid as either person believed." This is if when you chose to save your relationship.
Have you heard any success story about love for the second time around? This is very difficult to achieve because TRUST is broken... If this may work, that is because two of you has worked hard for it, both of you have taken ownership for every issue that may provoke to bring back the past. Suspicious acts will drive you crazy which would awaken the pain you have had. Thus, it ain't easy.
One option is to totally move on and that is moving on to a new relationship. Just remember something before you get paranoid again with your new lover, "the person you meet is NOT the person who betrayed you". Being vigilant is different from being paranoid so instead remain to be cautious.
I just want to make a comment, why most woman (not all) is more open for forgiveness than man? When a woman betrayed a man the fraction to be forgiven is so little yet man can simply say I didn't betray or something I am just a MAN (defense mechanism yet its universal huh?) and that is bullshit... (peace to all male readers over there...)
I love the blogs of these people and I'm glad to pass this award onto them! All they need to do is to leave the following message on their post when they pass the award on to their chosen eight bloggers. They all are charmed with the blogs, where in the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut or that they propagate? Then let's try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers but i just want to share it with 6 that in turn must make the same thing and put this.
than you Chaiand Molit for giving me this award. You always inspire me to write huh? hehe...
Although most of the people whom I frequently blog hop got this award already but I would like to let you guys know that you rock the blog world. So my 6 chosen awardees for this are as follows:
Sometimes we get bored with the place where we were. Overfamiliarity indeed with every corner of the spot where we perform our daily routine. However, we can make a difference. We can have fun with those people we always get along with, laugh with, quarrel with, gossip with by transforming the usual place to a dance floor maybe or to a karaoke bar.
This post would not be long though I should say it's less informative but I just want to leave a message that sometimes in a simple lifestyle, you can find genuine happiness just spice it up and I call it precious moments...
the video below is taken during our wacky moments with my so-called circle of friends: they are my cousins, my uncles, and neighbors and its fun.
Stress is always my problem while working.. I have so many things to do yet so little time. I have so many plans yet I don't have the luxury of time and that's why I end up stressed out most of the time..
I've read an article on how to deal with stress, as expected it's about taking a walk like 15 - 20 minutes everyday but this is difficult when your working hours is not regular like mine. Another tip is to have a mental sick leave haha... well yeah sometimes even if we are not physically ill but mentally we are so we should then take a mental sick leave huh? is there such thing?hmmm
Yoga too but I don't have idea how to do it, its an expense if I spend paying an instructor yeah? Instructional DVD's might help but then again where? and do I have the time oh no? Where because many people live their lives having no privacy and I'm one of them, I longed for that. It's good to be alone sometimes and meditate but it's always a problem of finding place where to do it, specially in urban areas where the neighborhood is sooo annoying, or you are sharing a room with others.
Nature retreat. I attest to this because everytime I embrace nature I just feel so free and so happy; beaches, rain forest, river, waterfalls, overlooking landscapes oh man it's the best. The question is how often we could do this? Hindrances: well money, time and avaialable leave...
Lose your temper. it's good to scream and yell but of course you have to choose the right medium haha.. you can shout out facing yourself in the mirror when ur pissed or at the toilet when ur mad at your boss hehe..make sure the toliet is sound proof then. Or you can write what you feel on a piece of paper, burn it and throw it just like throwing your anger too.
Laugh.. LOL.. laugh out loud, when you laugh, it gives you good mood. Try to appreciate little fun, don't be Kill joy.
Satisfy the hungry stomach. Although its not mentioned in the article that I've read but personally, eating food that you crave when your stress can help as well. Eating our favorite food is a satisfaction thus, it makes us feel good.
Sushi + kikoman +wassabe = wow... slurp...
A touch of LOVE. For me knowing that someone loves u very much and likewise you do can really help stress subside. Hugging, holding hands, kissing, body massage, ML. This can indeed alleviate stress. Human touch is indeed remarkable. It helps lift up your spirit, it allows your brain to pause working and leaving you in a peaceful state isn't it wonderful?
Do you have your ways in dealing with stress? Why don't you share?? hehe
After the long preparation at last it is over... and there I go again sorry for being dead in a while and I'll be dead soon again coz i'll be having my Christmas vacation in the phils..
