Happy New Year

New year's eve came and we were in our house waiting for the new year. Mood was set, all food was already prepared and ready to be eaten or cooked. We were then invited over to the neighbors house to eat some dinner. After eating dinner at the neighbors' (which was actually my tita), we went home and after some time decided to go out. Choices was Libis, Fort Bonifacio, Ayala, or Mall of Asia. Then, it was decided that we were going to the mall of asia. The countdown party there was hosted by GMA and mainly sponsored by Tanduay. Here are some of the pics:











We now had a new problem, while we were looking around, we eventually noticed that there were no restaurants near the venue that still have some seats. Syempre, mahirap na makakita ng seats kasi late na kami dumating. We took our chance and listed ourselves in the wait list of gerry's grill. Good thing is that we were given a chance to have a good seat inside gerry's which was near the glass window, so we see right through outside. Pero ok lang pala kasi nung nag 12:00, which was 2009 na, naglabasan din yung mga nasa loob ng gerry's to view the fireworks, didn't matter if you sat inside or outside. :)













And so with this final events of 2008, I bid farewell to 2008 and say hello to 2009. I thank God for all things that had happened in 2008, and for giving us a new year to look forward to. I give him thanks for the guidance and love that he gave me. I Also thank my family, not the perfect family but its the best flawed and supportive family. I'd also like to thank my baby, for everything we've been through, and for everything we're gonna be going through. I also say thanks to every being part of my memory, good or bad. Thank you all, and God Bless You..

at the crossroads of neverland

kanina, i decided to talk to my boss regarding the officer training. due to the fact na magulo pa ang decision sa utak ko, i decided to approach my boss to ask for clarifications on things. he told me of my paths and choices that i could take. what struck me the most is one of the things that he said in response to my questions. he said, that if i choose to be a banker/ IT guy, the training would be good because i can use it even if we go on to PNB, but if i choose to be a technical guy, then i must move out and be with an IT firm.

bigla akong parang lalong naloko. di ko alam kung ano gagawin ko, im actually, ok with the training, pero syempre, para sakin ayoko yung bond. 2 years bond is not fair in my point of view. well anyway, si jewel naman kinausap si pepito kanina, then her call ended with a decision to still take the training, which made my decision more complicated. ang hirap na isipin. then God told me, bakit mo iniisip yan.. let me decide for you, because, i already have a plan for you.. paraakong nabatukan, pero im glad to hear that lalo na in the midst of sobrang gulo sa kakaisip, meron paring liwanag..

aalis na si roy sa allied bank. kakainggit, kasi malaya na sya. hehe. there'sa certain feeling kasi sa allied bank na parang nakakulong ka (lalo na pag may bond ka). hehe. may despedida sa kanya kanina sa dad's. hehe. syempre, lumamon nanaman ako. hehe.

la namang bagong balita besides more confusion in my mind.. hehe. cheers!

Galing kay Jewel

words of wisdom from Jewel Pinlac

--- TSSSS..

- tipong parang may binabara ka. parang cheeseburger lang yan e. kahit anong hirit, pwede mong iduktong yung TSSSS..

ex.
Oy! jewel! malungkot ka nanaman! - pacheese burger ka naman!

= jewel's version..
Oy! jewel! malungkot ka nanaman! - TSSSS...


jewel! peace tayo. hehe.

lost in time

I tried reviving my blog, naayos ko yung interface tsaka naka pagpost ako ng isa.. tapos yun na.. hanggang dun nalang. hehe. i feel like i've lost dozens of memories not logged here. hehe. anyway, i now have so many things to tackle, and i'll go along as time passes by...

daming nag announce ng kasal..
- kasal ni tintin (march 2009)
- kasal ni stef (January ata..)
- kasal ni keren (2010 ata)
- kasal ni chie (December 27th 2008)

now only almost a month nalang before diane goes back.. [sobrang excited na ako. :))]

sa work, merger with PNB is such a pain in the ass.. parang di pa kami tapos sa shock ng ASB, madami nang naka pila na projects for PNB. Hirap din kapag tapos na ang merger with PNB, because the IT will be at the PNB head office, and you know where that is???? that's in freakin' macapagal ave., its in the area of macapagal ave. where there are no known public transpo aside from the taxi's. ang hirap.

tapos there's the thing with the ODP. At first, i thought it would be OK to accept the recommendation for ODP. I was also blinded by the speculation of a parallel run in my current bond and the ODP would be bond. Recently, i heard that the bond will not run parallel and it will take place right after my existing bond.. medyo bad trip, kasi dagdag 2 years nanaman yun. tapos upto now, the ODP upcomming batch ay di pa nagsisimula, and i hear that it takes so much time, and its only the lectures, di pa kasama yung internship sa branches.. medyo hassle na..

my friend and i are trying to re-assess the ODP, if it is still good to take. sa side namin its actually, unfair to train for something na mostlikely, hindi naman namin magagamit, the only thing i see na magagamit namin is the management portion. we decided to decline the pending ODP recommendation. medyo talo lang kasi.. actually, on my part, di naman kasi matter of me declining the training because i'm leaving the company, as of ngayon kasi, i'm good with my current work, i'm still learning, i still have so many things to prove. naiintindihan ko naman yung sabi ng PM ko, sabi nya, "kadugtong na nung pagdecline mo yung thought sa isip nila na aalis ka.." oo nga naman normally, a person would think that way. nahihiya lang ako sa boss ko kapag sinabi namin yung matter at hand sa kanya, then he would think that way. mabait kasi at magaling yung boss namin, malaki ang respect ko sa kanya..

i'm just in a crossroad sa carrer life ko, kasi magulo, hindi mo malaman kung saan papunta, i'm just placing my trust, kay God kung saan nya ako dadalhin..

dumating na yung mga bagong treadmills sa gym! at least di na ako makikipag unahan, at di na ako mahihiya sa ibang tao kapag over staying na ako sa treadmill. hehe.

anyway, post nalang uli ako kapag may bago. :))

A New Beginning...

A new chapter in my blogging life starts..

I miss blogging. It helps me release stuff out of my mind.

My Parents are now in Bacolod. They're there to give planting supplies to farmers in behalf of Tan Yan Kee Foundation.

I Miss Diane. Diane is now in New York having a nice time. inggit ako. :D. Anyway, She was transferred to SLC, Utah by Navitaire to work for 6 months. She flew there early February, and its just almost 3 months. Almost only half way. :( I miss Her so much.

My Brother Celebrated his birthday last thusrday. Sobrang Kulang kami sa family namin nung thursday. haha. We Celebrated my brothers birthday the night before. We ate in John and Yoko in Greenbelt 5. Food was so great and delicious. Anyway, last thursday, nagcelebrate yung kuya ko kasama yung girlfriend nya the whole day, kasi nga, wala si mama at papa, at alanganin naman kung isasama nila ako sa date nila. He just left some money sakin para kumain sa labas. hehe. The Day was Priceless.. hehe.

When we celebrated my brothers birthday last wednesday night, hinatid namin si ammie sa dorm nya. After that, we went on our way home, which was by the way, still had medium traffic flow. Anyway, at the entrance on the shaw underpass, (an edsa choke-point due to the unruly buses) a stupid driver in a MR-2 tried to cut us in the traffic line. And unfortunately, nauna sya kasi, baka mabagga ko pa sya(sakit ng ulo yun para sakin, sa kanya at sa ibang motorists pag nagkabanggaan). Ang nagawa ko nalang ay nag-bright ako ng ilaw at tinutok ko sa kotse nya. after surfacing out out the traffic congested shaw underpass, tinabi nya yung kotse nya para paunahin ako, pero ang gusto lang pala nya ay bumawi, nagbright din sya sa likod namin. buti nalang mataas yung car. Nakapansin ata ang loko na walang nangyari sa pagbright nya kaya tinabihan nya yung kotse namin tapos bumusina ng bumusina sa gilid ko. Ako naman na bumalik na sa katinuan, ay hindi ko na sya pinansin kasi iinit lang uli ang ulo ko e. Aba bigla ba namang kinabig papunta samin yung kotse nya. buti nalang nandun yung magulang ko, at malamig na ng konti uyng ulo ko, at naitigil ko yung kotse at di na ako bumawi. Badtrip talaga yung mga katulad nya, kala nya kung sino sya. Sya na yung may ginawang katarantaduhan, tapos magagalit sya pagbinawian sya. andaming bobo sa daan ngayon.

Minsan naiisip ko, sobra na ba akong mainitin ang ulo ko sa daan at lagi ko napapansin yung mga loko loko. Madalas na ba akong di nagbibigay sa daan? parang minsan, ang hirap na magdala talaga ng sasakyan kasi problemado ka na sa GAS, sa Parking(sa Makati), tapos makaka-sabay ka pa ng mga barumbado sa daan. May Buses, may Jeeps, may FX, tapos dagdag mo pa yung mga driver na katulad nung bumastos samin. The solution is just simple. I don't blame BF for whatever he has done. Well actually, parang sya lang ata ang mmda chief na gumastos para sa kapakanan ng traffic. Well anyway, since i started driving until now(which is believe me, matagal na) parang walang nangyari sa mga barumbadong drivers, actually, merong nangyari, lumala sila. Ang laking sakit sa ulo na talaga magdrive sa Manila.

MRT RULES!!!!! (pero sakit din nang ulo yun, iba lang ang storya. hehe)

Konti nalang, uuwi na si Diane!!!!! I Love you so Much Baby ko. Tagal mo Umuwi. :D

Lost in a world, where nobody sleeps.. :))

So much time passed by that i didnt have the time to blog.. even my account became in-active.. due to so much things goin on.. and the disconnection from the internet of my computer PC.. So much time already has passed by, and it went by very fast; it was a shame that it went by so fast, that i didn't even get to see it pass by.. well that's life.. you get burned out sometime.. I still thank God for how my life is going, for the blessings, for the mishaps.. for everything..

months ago, I was offered to go to training for the product that my company had bought.. although I wanted to go, I still kept on thinking if i should get the training.. The training takes place in singapore, whereby all costs incurred in it including lodging, meals and transportation were all to be computed together and would equal to a three year contract with the company.. I kept on thinking if I should go.. there were times that I couldn't even sleep just thinking about it.. Problem was due to the 3 years.. :)) anyway, people around me saw me as I was excited to go, but deep inside, they didn't know that I was so boggled, that I wanted to bang my head to the wall.. :))

After much decision, I did go to singapore.. I took the 3 years.. and singapore conquered me.. instead of it conquering me.. but it was a good experience.. First of all, our per dime got slashed by as much as 30 %.. 75 us$ became 50 us$.. and management decided to slash the 30 % 3 days before the flight to singapore.. nakakainis no? pero, okei lang.. ganun talaga ang buhay.. tsktsk.. anyway, I planned to educate myself by the training and the culture of singapore.. but what kept me from doing the latter part was == THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE.. which enticed me to go around the dozens of malls around to look for things i need, things i wan't, and syempre, pasalubong ng mga friends and relative.. grabe.. Inubos ko yung week for lurking around looking for things that I could buy.. and some sight seeing.. :))

And I thank God that besides the busy schedule that I placed ahead of me.. He still was there talking to me about singapore.. by walking in the streets, by riding buses, by riding trains.. It pains my heart to see singapore, a very small city, yet very progressive.. and all the things I saw here, like cleans places, honest people, and good economy, can all be done in our country.. the real problem of our country is the discipline, that is cleary seen in the people of singapore.. come to think of it.., they are inter racial.. it should be more undisciplined here.. but the fact remains that they are still disciplined, and WE ARE NOT.. :)) seeing these things, really pains me because deep inside, we can all be like it.. and even more than singapore.. too bad our country cannot realize that.. :(

Even other people here from our country bring their undisciplined-ness here.. in some places, when you see people jaywalk.. look at the person very closely, its a Filipino.. :)) When I first got here, I had a very high expectation of singapore.. I thought things were so much more cannot be reached here.. but all I saw was something like ours, just somewhat better.. Im not putting down this Country, I'm just pointing out that our country isn't really that different.. :)) When I went home, and landed in our Centennial Terminal, I saw the sides of the airport, which was full of depressed areas.. It really broke my heart.. I completely felt, that I was already back in the Philippines.. :))

old things go and come new things

Boom Boom Baby!

so long have my post been here in this warm and cozy place.. a place of where i could tell most of what happens in my life.. so many things changed, so many things went by this year, so many oppurtunities, some i grabed, some i let go.. i mean 2005 when i say last year, and 2006 when i say new year. Last Year i learned so many things.. i've gained many things, and in effect lost some.. i've gained a diploma, but after graduating and having it, i realized that it was not really an achievement, the real achievement is the things i've learned. the dissappointing there is that i never really had much to learn when i was a student.. i had the idea, the plan of advanced studing in my mind, but i lacked the drive to do it.. i've just realized it now tht i'm working, that i've never really achieved many things when i was studying. undeserving as it felt, i still am very thankful for all the things i've learned and blessings i got. I 've been given a chance to go to the south.. mainly in zamboanga, Dakak. After graduating, i decided to work agad, para di mawala yung drive ko.. pero, God told me to wait. I started my first Job as an Apprentice in training in Trend Micro Inc. Sad to Say, I didn't make Anti-virus Engineer.. pero, okei lang.. then next was my present job. a Tandem Base24 mainframe Programmer. there i realized how office life was, i've realized how working felt, and how i got Culture Shocked. anyway, I believe, that i started last year, na hindi na okei, but i tried to cope up through the year.. and i think i'm goona end the last year with a much more that i've learned.. i've matured so much, having gone out in th real world.. its just was disappointing to know, that i was too lazy to learn so many things when i had the oppurtunity.. anyway, i'm so thankful this, last year, because, last year was the most fruitful of my years as a person.. i've learned how to stumble, and i've learned how to get up from the dumps.. thank GOD!

I'm so thankful for my friends.. sobra talaga, CSA2005 AlliedBank (sa work) my new friends, SirBonnie, Sir Al, Sir Lem, Ma'am Zen, Ycon, Roy, Brian, Mel, Erwin, Jean, Chris, Jewel, Me-An, Aissha, Jay-r, Sir Ramel, JC, Ting, Joy, Rex, Jhoy, Celine, Chris, Yeye, SPO, kay koy, vincent, julius, shally at sa and the HP TEAM.. Specially to most of the people who were there always.. diane, rheza, tintin, abi, rouie, keren,anna, sa mga kasama ko sa kalokohan, si darren, poli, nigel, steeve, dennis, allan, jerry, berto, Si edwin, na napakatagal ko nang kaibigan.. salamt sa inyong lahat..

Sobrang Thankful lang ako for this time.. that i've learned so many thinks.. i know for sure, na anlaki ng pinagbago ko last year, and i'm more mature and i will be carrying it over the next year, for me to improve myself more.. Next YEar, i'm gonna improve myself more hindi nga lang isang bagsakan, na iimplement ko siya agad, isa isa lang, i shall take my time.. It's so good to have come out in the true environemnt of life, natututo ako, magmanage ng time (for real), manage ng money. next year, i plan, to get slimmer, no more buffets.. more, respect, more time management, lots of care and love, for short, fixing my life, for the Better.. I hope to change more next year, and for those who are reading this, i hope you do too.. :D Ngayon, totally, ala na kami paputok.. my dad bought one of those new age cannons, the ones with a PVC pipe for a body, and an electric liter for a trigger, ang lakas ng putok! as in! parang armalite.. hehe.. :D Anyway, Have Ahappy New Year!.. This is Eric T. Alba Signing off for the new year.. :D Peace! God Bless You All.

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” - Benjamin Franklin

A happy new Year to You All.. God Bless You! 

old things go and come new things

so long have my post been here in this warm and cozy place.. a place of where i could tell most of what happens in my life..

so many things changed, so many things went by this year, so many oppurtunities, some i grabed, some i let go..

i mean 2005 when i say last year, and 2006 when i say new year.

Last Year i learned so many things.. i've gained many things, and in effect lost some.. i've gained a diploma, but after graduating and having it, i realized that it was not really an achievement, the real achievement is the things i've learned. the dissappointing there is that i never really had much to learn when i was a student.. i had the idea, the plan of advanced studing in my mind, but i lacked the drive to do it.. i've just realized it now tht i'm working, that i've never really achieved many things when i was studying. undeserving as it felt, i still am very thankful for all the things i've learned and blessings i got.

I 've been given a chance to go to the south.. mainly in zamboanga, Dakak. After graduating, i decided to work agad, para di mawala yung drive ko.. pero, God told me to wait. I started my first Job as an Apprentice in training in Trend Micro Inc. Sad to Say, I didn't make Anti-virus Engineer.. pero, okei lang.. then next was my present job. a Tandem Base24 mainframe Programmer. there i realized how office life was, i've realized how working felt, and how i got Culture Shocked. anyway, I believe, that i started last year, na hindi na okei, but i tried to cope up through the year.. and i think i'm goona end the last year with a much more that i've learned.. i've matured so much, having gone out in th real world.. its just was disappointing to know, that i was too lazy to learn so many things when i had the oppurtunity.. anyway, i'm so thankful this, last year, because, last year was the most fruitful of my years as a person.. i've learned how to stumble, and i've learned how to get up from the dumps.. thank GOD!

I'm so thankful for my friends.. sobra talaga, CSA2005

AlliedBank (sa work) my new friends, SirBonnie, Sir Al, Sir Lem, Ma'am Zen, Ycon, Roy, Brian, Mel, Erwin, Jean, Chris, Jewel, Me-An, Aissha, Jay-r, Sir Ramel, JC, Ting, Joy, Rex, Jhoy, Celine, Chris, Yeye, SPO, kay koy, vincent, julius, shally at sa and the HP TEAM..

Specially to most of the people who were there always.. diane, rheza, tintin, abi, rouie, keren,anna, sa mga kasama ko sa kalokohan, si darren, poli, nigel, steeve, dennis, allan, jerry, berto, Si edwin, na napakatagal ko nang kaibigan..

salamt sa inyong lahat..

Sobrang Thankful lang ako for this time.. that i've learned so many thinks.. i know for sure, na anlaki ng pinagbago ko last year, and i'm more mature and i will be carrying it over the next year, for me to improve myself more..

Next YEar, i'm gonna improve myself more hindi nga lang isang bagsakan, na iimplement ko siya agad, isa isa lang, i shall take my time..

It's so good to have come out in the true environemnt of life, natututo ako, magmanage ng time (for real), manage ng money. next year, i plan, to get slimmer, no more buffets.. more, respect, more time management, lots of care and love, for short, fixing my life, for the Better.. I hope to change more next year, and for those who are reading this, i hope you do too.. :D

Ngayon, totally, ala na kami paputok.. my dad bought one of those new age cannons, the ones with a PVC pipe for a body, and an electric liter for a trigger, ang lakas ng putok! as in! parang armalite.. hehe.. :D

Anyway, Have Ahappy New Year!.. This is Eric T. Alba Signing off for the new year.. :D Peace! God Bless You All.


“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
- Benjamin Franklin