fairi_chelle

Lazy Day

2007-08-04T10:26:00.000-07:00

Earlier this morning, i was having a hard time getting myself up from bed. I woke up late and felt heavy today,i feel like i was a sloth, and i'm starting to count the hours left before i have my shift later at 10 tonight.

I'm already done with the laundry and ironing since yesterday, almost done with the household work as well. I was slouching on a couch trying to figure out how to solve the puzzle cube i have since last week, and i was starting lose my patience of it.(ha!ha!ha!)

I arrived at the office today, and worst thing is...they changed our scheds without having us notified which is effective today. :(

I was supposed to have my rest day today, and since my shift ends on sunday morning i've opted to render half-day and slept at the sleeping room, because later on i'll be attending service at 9 this morning. I hope it will give me a lift today...

Glad to be back!!!

2007-07-30T15:42:00.000-07:00

It's been a year i haven't seen this blog! c'oz i've been busy for a couple of months. I'm so glad to claim this o'l account of mine! after the process of retrieving...whew! finally i can still use this account again! Ü

Reminiscing childhood days...

2006-06-12T21:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my vivid collection of memories about my childhood days, and I want it to share it with you.

Late afternoon nap- One of the things i really hate, we are forced by our parents to sleep in the afternoon so that we would easily grow up. If we don't, we will get our mom's "magic wand" (you know what i mean)

Hide and seek- hilig laruin ng mga playmates ko (nakikisali rin ako! ha! ha!) , especially, when the sun starts to settle down. Pagalingan kami sa pagtatago, 'wag lang maging taya. Kapag nahuli, paunahan sa saaaavvvvveeee!!!!!!!

Spooky stories with our "kapitbahays" - minsan kapag nag-gather ang mga moms, sa house namin for a chat, they usually talk about life, current events and sometimes eerie stories about our former residence. Dami kasing kwento especially about the "poso" and the "Sampaloc tree". Even my mom experienced the same thing as well. (Awoooo!!!!)

Tree climbing- I loved to climb trees when I was a kid. I usually climb trees just to pick a fruit kahit hilaw at hindi
makain. Because I was fascinated with the fruits kahit bubot pa!

C-h-o-c-o-l-a-t-e! - sino ba naman ang may ayaw sa chocolate? Instead of giving us a star for doing well at quizzes or exams, we are usually rewarded with a bar of chocolate. (yum! yum!)

Voice lessons - I took up my very first voice lessons when I was at sixth grade. It all started, when i did passed the audition for our school chorale. Every Tuesdays, after the class , i usually went to our music room for a voice lessons, and sometimes for our rehearsals as well. (mihihihiyahahahaha---------haaaaaaaaaaaahh)

Mysterious Granny in Black- I usually saw this old lady in a black poncho every afternoon, and always asks me if I wanted to stroll with her (kahit may kasama 'syang bata) in terror i would always ran to my mom. Even the name or the appearance of that old lady in black was so unfamiliar with our neighbors as well. (mysterious talaga!)

Can I court you? - one of my so-called traumatic experience when I was in grade school. Our school service driver always picks us up after class, 'nung ma-late akong lumabas ng classroom, he brought my heavy bag (bigat kasi!). While we're on our way to the service he told me over and over again that: " pag laki mo liligawan kita" (yikes! nanay ko po! takot ako! ayaw ko nang magpahatid!)

"Over the bakod"- During my childhood days when I arrived home from school and no one's at home to open the gate for me, and our gate is too high for me to reach (kasi po bulilit pa ako noon). I'll just climbed first our picket fenced garden outside the driveway, then to the trees, sa "bakod" and then finally landed to the ground. Whew!

Last day...

2006-06-10T20:54:00.000-07:00

Why do most people weep, when their last day comes? When their last day of their season comes, it seems like your doomsday on Earth comes as well. Some of them are so happy that one of their season in life ends...but most of them weep. Probably, they are afraid of facing a new changes of their lives. One of the so-called struggles, which is unpredicted or sometimes the result of one's decisions.

We should realize that we need to embrace changes. Through changes we tend to know how strong we are , and we know ourselves deeper.

I even ask myself...When will my season ends, or to start another season of my life? Am I ready to face it? Or am I willing to embrace it?

Why is it so hard?...

2006-05-22T16:57:00.000-07:00

Earlier, I've read one of my friend's blog, she have just opened up her recent break up with her boyfriend. I felt sorry for her. I felt like I was also hurt, and wanted to cry. Why am I feeling what they're feeling? Is it because we have the same gender? I don't think that other girls also feel the same thing as I do. Why is it so hard for us girls to get hurt? (as if I was hurt before... ha! ha!) Sometimes, girls are having a hard time to move on. It takes months...and sometimes year(s) for them to cope up with an emotional distress.

I've never been into a serious relationships before. But i've seen some of my girlfriends who are getting hurt or being ended up with a broken heart. I really care a lot, especially for those people who are broken hearted. I don't want to see them wasting their time, as well as their life weeping for the wrong person. As a friend I've tried to help them out to move on. Bathe them with prayers as well as helping them to realize that their family and friends are always there.

They felt like they've moved on, sometimes there are things that reminds them, hurt comes again and again. Probably because, there are no such forgiveness from both parties. It's really hard to forgive, but once we forgive the person who have caused us to get hurt. A sudden comfort comes in, we cannot rely on our own strength. But believe me, and to the rest of the girls who have hurt before, whose reading this blog right now. God can only mend our broken heart, we ourselves can also find comfort in His hands. He will also wipe those tears that kept flowing from our eyes as well as in our hearts...

Now...Is it really hard?...

Happy Mother's Day!

2006-05-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

Here's the collection of photos i've gathered with moms. To my mom and to other moms in the world, Happy Mother's Day! (",)

Me and my mom

Thank You
For teaching me how to live
Putting things in perspective
Teaching me how to give
And how to take
No mistake
We were put here together
And if I breakdown
Forgive me but it's true
That I'm aching with the love I feel inside
Thanks to You....

Dolly and her mom

Thank you for teaching me how to love
Showing me what the world means
What I've been dreamin' of
And now I know, there is nothing that
I could not do
Thanks to You....

Mommy Marlene and baby Ameera Margaret

Happy, to let you know
You make me glow
I feel so good, its true
So glad, that I have you
You love me so
Now all is bright
I'll always Thank you...

Mommy Lyan and baby Jian

I thank you
For the glow
And thank you for the joy
Thank you for the love you give to me
I'd glowing, glowing inside
With your love
Shining through
Thank you for everything you do
I'm glowing inside
Because of you...

Liah and her mom

You taught me everything
And everything you've given me
I always keep it inside
You're the driving force in my life,
There isn't anything
Or anyone that I could be
And it just wouldn't feel right
If I didn't have you by my side
You were there for me to love and care for me
When skies were grey
Whenever I was down
You were always there to comfort me...

Glenn and his mom

Mama you know I love you
Mama you're the queen of my heart
Your love is like tears from the stars,
Mama I just want you to know
Lovin' you is like food to my soul...

Mommy Queenie & her baby

You gave me strength to go on
There was so many times
Looking back when I was so afraid
And then you come to me
And say to me I can face anything

Mommy Annie and her two angels (Ashley and Shen)

She used to be my only enemy and never let me free,
Catching me in places that I know I shouldn't be,
Every other day I crossed the line,
I didn't mean to be so bad,
I never thought you would become the friend
I never had...

Mommy Terry and daughter Laureen

But now I'm sure I know why,
Why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all I can give you is love,
Mama I love you,
Mama I care,
Mama I love you,
Mama my friend,
You're My friend...

No I.D. No Entry

2006-04-21T23:44:00.000-07:00

I went to Allied Bank building earlier this afternoon, just to claim my check (separation pay perhaps), because one of the ACS's finance department is also located from that building as well. But the problem is... I only have a valid I.D.,with me right now, and I haven't yet issued an ID from my recent company where i'm currently worked with.

You will only allowed to enter the premises, as long as you are working with one of the offices and most of all an ID to represent with. A problem suddenly popped into my mind. How will I going to enter the building? I'll be needing a valid ID for me to get in. How will I going to claim the check? Again, valid ID is really needed for me to claim it.

As I started to ascend to the main entrance of the builiding, I just passed one of the guards whose assigned in screening of the visitors, who visits the offices of that building. When I'm heading to the inspection desk one of the guard asked:

Lobby Guard: Sa'n po sila ma'am?
Richelle: Sa ACS po!
Lobby Guard: ID po nila?
Richelle: Manong iisa lang po 'yung valid ID ko!
Lobby Guard: Alam na po ba ito ng Guard sa labas?
Richelle: Hindi pa po!
Lobby Guard: Ma'am alam nyo naman po siguro 'yung policy natin!
Richelle: Yes sir! Aware na po ako 'dun! kasi po 'di pa'ko nai-isyuhan ng ID 'dun sa bagong company na pinagtatrabahuhan ko ngayon. Kung i-susurrender ko po 'yung nag-iisang valid ID ko, pa'no ko naman po ma-claclaim 'yung check? Kailangn din po ng valid ID!

Lobby Guard: Magtatagal po kayo doon?

Richelle: Hindi naman po!
Lobby Guard: O sige po ma'am!

Richelle: Thank You po!

That guard was so considerate! (I owe him a lot!) But sometimes, if he asks or inspects our things we brought inside the premises, they're just doing their job as well. In return, we must be considerate with them as well.

Beware of this e-mail: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

2006-04-04T18:40:00.000-07:00

COORDINATOR, DEBT RECOVERY AND RECONCILIATION
UNIT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL
AMALGAMATED BANKS OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)
14TH FLOOR EMBASSY BUILDING CNR SMITH ALIWAL STREET,
ALBERTON BRANCH PRETORIA 4000 SOUTH AFRICA.

ATTN: THE DIRECTOR/C.E.O.

I know that this message will come to you as asurprise since we don’t know each other before, butfor the purpose of introduction, I am MR CHRIST KULAR.THE AUDIT DEPT ASSISTANT MANAGER OF AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). There is an account opened in this bank in 2001 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is MR. LOIUS B. BENJAMIN, a foreigner,and a miner at Kruger Gold Company. a geologist by profession and he died since 2003. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is US$10.2 million (TEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the account is MR.LOUIS B. BENJAMIN is a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don’t know ourselves before. We will sign an agreement but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private Tel. and a fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of our choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. Meanwhile you can open a new account in any bank for this purpose if you like.I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreign account and a foreign beneficiary. I need your full cooperation to make this work fine because the management is ready to give approval to any foreigner, who has the correct information of the account, which I will give to you later, if you are able and willing to handle such an amount of money in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.I need truthful person in this business because I don’t want to make mistake, I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner’sreliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be in tact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account.I will use my position and influence to effect the legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total amount while 10% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring, 60% will be for me.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my email above.

Best regards,

MR CHRIST KULAR

-o0o-

This e-mail has been featured in "Imbestigador" way back a year ago. Once you have provided your personal infos, you will be given an instructions to deposit a huge sum of money to their account. They will also demand ranging up to US$ 1, 938 (estimated 100,000 in Php) Please beware of this e-mail, especially, never ever give you personal account number to any person whom you don't have any direct contact with. This case is already filed for investigation as well.

Taken from Sunday Service Preaching:Three Principles to answered Prayers

2006-04-02T18:45:00.000-07:00

Do you have any answered prayers? Answered prayers that you were asking from God for a quite sometime, or answered prayers that you were longing to ask and then God has just recently answered. But, if your prayer has not answered yet, these following principles will help you a lot, on how will God answer your prayers as well as, asking things according to His will.

Here are the three principles to answered prayers:

1.) Ask in Faith

1 John 5:13

" I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."

With a firm conviction and a full acknowledgement God's Lordship and an attitude of personal surrender to Him.

Our basis is our covenant and relationship with God.

2.) Ask in Confidence

1 John 5:14

"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."

1 John 3:21

"Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God..."

3.) Ask in God's will

It is proper and necessary of His own will.
God's will in is in His word.
God's will is revealed through His Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:26

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."

Area of God's will :

As the forgiveness of sins
The sanctification of our soul
Grace that we may do our duty
Vision to direct and guide us.
Deliverance from the evil's, which besets us.
And our final Salvation.

Note:

Ask in God's will with full assurance of faith.

Luke 18:1

"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Funny Pictures

2006-03-29T13:08:00.000-08:00

In two different places...

Isn't that serious huh?

Flying rat

Nemo ate my cat....

Unable to Fasten his/her seatbelt...

Milk Tea Sessions

2006-03-27T23:50:00.000-08:00

Fifteen or thirty minutes before five o'clock, my sister would phone me up to meet her and the rest of our colleagues at the cafeteria to have some milk tea. Milk over tea? hmmmmm..... I usually seldom drink tea, if i do have tummyaches. But drinking milk tea... naaahh i've never even tried it before. According to one of our colleagues who hails from Canada, she told us that drinking milk tea are very common among the Canadians, especially to the northern ones. As I took my very first sip with the milk tea, Wow! It tasted so much better. Since then, every five o'clock (after office hours) we just proceed to the cafeteria to have some milk tea.

Milk Tea sessions with... (L-R) Caleb, Ms. Belen, me and my sister at the cafeteria

Seven things not to do after meal

2006-03-23T14:20:00.000-08:00

Don't smoke:
Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer are more).

Don't eat fruits immediately :
Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1 to 2 hour after meal or 1hr before meal.

Don't drink tea :
Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.

Don't loosen your belt :
Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.

Don't bathe :
Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease.This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.

Don't walk about :

People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition
from the food we intake.

Don't sleep immediately :

The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

I Believe In You

2006-03-20T18:30:00.000-08:00

I never believed in dreamin'
It never got me very far
I never believed that love could find me
Like an arrow through the heartI never believed in miracles
Or building castles in the air
Not until that day I found you
Turned around and you were there

From the day you came
You gave me a whole new point of view
I've been touched by an angel
It's impossible but true

I believe in you
I swear that forever from today
No one will ever take your place
I believe in you
And I believe our love will last always

I never believed in fairy tales
Though sometimes I wish I could
I never believed that golden slippers
Could ever find the perfect foot

You make me a believer
You make me trust again
You showed me there's a pot of gold
At every rainbow's end

I believe in you
I swear that forever from today
No one will ever take your place
I believe in you
And I believe our love will last always

Only love
Sets you free
And if it's up to fate
Then you're my destiny

Now I know
Now I see
Anything can happen
If you just believe

I believe in you
I swear that forever from today
No one will ever take your place
I believe in you
And I believe our love will last always...

Miss 'yung hair mo!!!

2006-03-19T18:36:00.000-08:00

Earlier this morning when mom, me and Jade took a bus going to church, suddenly the bus stopped at the moment, to load and unload some of its passengers. A girl sat beside me ( i was separated from mom and Jade's seats) i let her seat near window, wearing her long, straight black hair being laid down (parang pang-commercial model 'yung hair niya!) as the bus starts to move, the wind starts to blow her hair towards my face (OUCH!!! 'yung hair strands nya tumutusok na sa face ko!) Grrrrrrrr......... I've almost wanted to pull her hair (hmmm...dat's bad!) but instead of doing it, sinabi ko na lang sa girl "miss 'yung hair mo tumatama na sa mukha ko..." then the girl didn't say anything, hinawakan nya lang 'yung hair niya.

And to all the girls who have been wearing long hair and laid down, be sensitive enough with a person sitting behind or next to you, especially kung windy and almost, it can blown your hair up, make sure you have to tie it up. It's for you to avoid hitting a person's face with your hair!

Smart Love

2006-02-15T01:03:00.000-08:00

Smart love begins with the desire for God's best, and, by default, requires a knowledge of and a willingness to obey God's rules. Smart love is revolutionary; its object is God and others, never self. As describes as against the backdrop of your own form practice of (what else?) "dumb love": "Sometimes you are primarily interested in what you could get, such as the popularity a girlfriend or boyfriend could give you, or the comfort and pleasure you could gain physically or emotionally from a relationship.... If you lived 'dumb love'--choosing what felt good for you instead of what was good for others and what pleases God." He follows this admission with two piercing questions:

-Does love motivate the guy who sleeps with his girlfriend when it will scar her emotionally and damage her relationship with God?

-Does sincerity motivate the girl who leads a guy along then breaks up with him when she finds someone better?

The answers are obvious. Smart love is a sincere, God-focused love that is concerned for others. Dumb love, on the other hand,is self-centered and flirtatious. Unfortunately, little to nothing is
being said to teenagers about smart love these days, even in church. Many lives and homes have been damaged, or devastated, due to the neglect of smart love.

Pusang Itim... Malas nga ba?

2006-01-10T23:40:00.000-08:00

Tila may isang pusa na kulay itim, na sa paningin ng iba ay alaga ito ng isang magkukulam. Ayon din sa ibang matatandang paniniwala, malas daw ang ganitong kulay ng pusa. Minsan kapag ako'y walang pasok sa trabaho, kadalasa'y, nakikita ko ito na gumagala sa aming bakuran. Mataba, at maitim ang kanyang balahibo hindi ito pangkaraniwang pusang gala, tila mayroong nag-aalaga nito, at kaya pala'y pagala-gala..... kaya pala, siya ang salarin kaya't lagi na lang nauubusan ng pagkain ang alaga kong pusa, at kadalasa'y inaaway niya pa ito.

Hindi na'ko naniniwala kung totoong malas talaga ang mga itim na pusa, pero sa gingawa niya sa alaga ko, mukhang nagsisilbi siyang malas sa alaga ko....

To Give... or Not to Give...

2005-10-15T22:50:00.000-07:00

It's a silent Saturday once again, less cars, less people who passes by. These are the common so-called scenarios every weekends. Well I... I was about to go home, all by myself. Because most of my friends at work were having their rest days as well. I was walking on my way to the terminal. Since it was quite early, i decided to stroll at a mall nearby. Just to unwind myself from an eight-hour stressful calls i have at work. Having myself enjoyed strolling around the mall just to take a sneak peek of the latest finds, lately i've noticed, it was already 7'clock. I was about to leave the mall, someone grabbed my hand. I was a bit surprised, when i turned around to see who it was, it was only a lady with her shopping goods then she told me " miss pamasahe lang, pauwi! Pauwi ng Laguna... " I was a bit shocked (do i know this lady?) still confused, the lady beg for a fare, and then said "kahit magkano lang ibabalik ko na nga lang 'tong pinamili ko kasi na-short ang ang pamasahe ko"... then asked God if i'm going to give or not. Then i've asked "magkano po ba ang kailangan n'yo?"... "kahit magkano lang miss..." replied by the lady while holding her young daughter. I've handed her a hundred pesos from my purse, then the lady thanked for the amount she have just received .

As i leave the mall premises, several questions popped into my mind. But any questions that bothers me , well maybe God wants to attest my faith in terms of giving. But still you have to choose the person you are giving, but it's up to them if they're trying to fool around. Only God knows if they're lying or not.

Life inside the Call Center

2005-05-28T23:56:00.000-07:00

This is the essay piece i've submitted for the essay-writing contest during our TQA (Total Quality Awareness) week. What is life inside the call center industry. I am a part of this industry taking calls for eight hours, or twelve hours due to high volume of calls. Wherein you tend to work in shifting schedules, sometimes, almost argued with an irate callers. Composure and patience is highly needed for this type of profession.

But the question is... what's it like? What is life inside once you stepped in the call center industry?

Philippines is one of the fast-growing country choice for call center operations, it was set to be the call center capital of the world. It is also considered as one of the popular jobs int he industry today. But what is life inside the call center industry? Let's take a sneak peek of those people behind headsets. It's not just you'll answer or attend such a regular call, neither giving a friendly advice over the phone. It is how you analyze, and provide appropriate resolutions as well. It is also creating lifetime connections, with every client who calls in.

Specifically, it has something to do with the client's inquiries, sales-handling and most of all handling certain complaints. Complaints with the terms of service or with the person who have not treated them well during their call. Sometimes you'll be ended up with an irate call, or even an escalated call, which is, the client demands for the supervisor, in which they've preferred to talk to. Well, if you're good at an irate caller, you can also even handle it. Most of the calls were prank callers and dropped calls without concerns at all.

It is also working at its fast track; you have to maintain focus with your call all the time. Because most of the calls were recorded and evaluated by the QAR's (Quality Assurance Representatives). Being composed with every call, it also depends the quality and one's responsibility. You have to treat your every call as your first call.

Working in a call center, you still have to toe the lines. Inspite of being stressful, and sometimes it compromises a lot of things. It is one of the practical experiences in life that involves advancement of one's career. Sometimes, people would think that once you stepped in this type of industry, though it was to be the "dead-end" of one's career. But they wouldn"t know it leads to a clear career path , It leads to a greater learning and an open door for great opportunites as well.

Mamang Barya

2005-04-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

Haaayyyyyyyyy...... malapit ng mag-three o'clock 4 minutes na lang, log-out time na naman, uwian na. Four minutes na lang uwian na, pero may mali, nakita ko pangalan ko sa list na mag- o-overtime ng dalawang oras. Excited na akong umuwi, pero hindi ako makakauwi ng maaga dahil hanggang 5pm pa ako sa office.

Sobrang dami ng calls, mabilis ang takbo ng oras. Hindi ko namamalayan, malapit lapit na rin akong mag-out. At sa wakas, alas singko na, dali-dali na akong naglog-out sa biometrics at sumakay kaagad ng elevator pababa. Linggo nga pala ngayon, kaya dire-diretso ang elevator.

Palabas na ako ng building ng Citibank, mahangin at tahimik ang kalsada, naglalakad na ako papuntang bus terminal. Nilalakad ko ang kahabaan ng AyalaAve., nagmumuni-muni habang ang malamig na hangin ay humahaplos sa aking pisngi. Nasa harap na ako ng Phil. Stock Exchange, nang biglang may isang mamang papalapit sa akin, na nakasuot ng t-shirt at shorts, at nagtanong "miss may barya ka, pamasahe ko lang... " sa sobrang takot ko dali-dali kong sinabi na, "pasensiya na po wala akong barya..." Dahil sa kaduda-dudang hitsura (mukhang holduper) , at ako lang ang mag-isa ang naglalakad, oo ako lang walang kasama. Dahil nauna ng umuwi ang mga kasama ko. At sa sobrang takot ko, dali-dali akong tumakbo, ng makita ako ng isang security guard na nakatayo sa may fountain area ng Stock Exchange, at nagtanong "miss anong ginawa sa'yo ng taong iyon?", "ah! wala naman po, nagtatanong kung mayroon akong barya... " At sa ibayong pag-iingat , hindi na ako ulit mag-lalakad nang mag-isa. whew...!!!

Richelle's ABC

2005-03-15T01:03:00.000-08:00

This is how I define my own ABC's... know me more... Here It is:

A- Approachable. People would always say that i'm approachable. Hmmm.... ;0) August. I was born in this month.

B- Blue. Blue is my fave color, from pale to vivid shades of it. One thing i like with this color, because it coordinates with other colors as well.

C- Chocolate. I'm a chocoholic person, from bittersweet to white chocolates i usually give in. Cats. I really love cats they are so lovable, We do have a cat at home. He's name is Kit , He loves to be cuddled and most of the time, he prefers to stay at the kitchen.

D- Dust. I hate dust, because I sneeze a lot when I'm exposed to it.

E- Energetic. People always misjudged me as a wimp person, you would hear them say: "di niya kakayanin 'yan kasi payatot siya!" ( ouch!!) but that's the reaity, much to their surprise... I can do the things what man does- from carrying heavy loads to carpentry jobs he! he!

F- Food. I'm a foodie at heart, I love to eat a lot and explore different types and flavors of it. (It doesn't show with my figure. I have svelte figure )

G- God. God is good all the time, God is great. He knows us more, even our thoughts and our hearts. I am created, You are created, and We are created for a purpose.

H- Heart. I'm not after of a person's appearence . That is why I appreciate people with a BIG heart , inspite of their flaws or their appearence, the important thing is they are transparent and can make you smile.

I- Ivy. That is my bestfriend's name, we were best of friends way back our highschool days. She's very sweet and simple. Independent. Yes I am an independent person ( not to lift my own bench). Our parents taught us to be independent, I'm so very thankful that they are my parents. =>

J- Jesus. Jesus a.k.a. "JC " He's our personal Lord and savior. Our BESTFRIEND!

K- Kit. Kit is our cat's name. (see letter C)

L- Letter. I love to write letters to my friends, have it enjoyed reading them as well.

M- Medium. Medium is my clothes's size. Music. Music is my life It won't complete my life without it.

N- Nature tripper. I appreciate the beauty of nature, from watching sunsets, strolling along the beach , stargazing and most of all, i really enjoyed viewing lunar eclipse as well. The very first time i've viewed the total lunar eclipse was, last May 2004.

O- Observer. I usually observe people , before i tend to judge. When it comes to attitude of a person I usually observe, because through observation you would be able to see what's beyond of a person's actions.

P- Party-pooper. I seldom attend parties neither not a party animal as well. It makes me feel tired, most of all, i don't want to participate in the fun of the party.

Q-Quiet. At a first glance, people would say that i am a quiet person. Most of the time, i would remain quiet with other people i'm not comfortable with.

R- Richelle. It feels good to be me... Yup! because it was my dad who gave this wonderful name to me, which means : a brave ruler, a powerful one... It was taken from an Old English Name "Rikki" and Old Spanish Name "Riccarda".

S- Sweet-tooth. I really crave for sweets and that is one of my greatest indulgence i usually give in. But too much sweets is bad for one's health, so i've tend to slow down from eating on it. Smile. "What's behind the power of your smile? ".... "Your smile can bridge the difference between us... your smile can bridge any color or race... that's the power of your smile..." " People love you when you smile..." It seems to be noticeable everytime i smile, they say i've got the world's best smile. (ha! ha!) Nothing beats the power of smile ... it befriends and captures a person's heart.

T- Table tennis. It is my fave sport, it was Harold (my younger brother ) and my dad, my greatest mentor of this sport. Talkative. At home and even with my friends , i'm a bit talkative who loves to talk... and talk... and talk... Travel. I love to travel, explore different places and it stays with your memories..

U- Unique. I know that God created me as a unique person... HE has a purpose why He have created me as i am , being a stand out person .

V-Vegetarian. I 'd love to eat veggies a lot.

W- Water. With the kind of profession i'm into, talking for hours, Whew!!!! nothing beats a glass of water, because it gives a such such a relief. Since i've worked with a call center industry , I drink a lot of water from 10-14 glasses of it . Hmmmm... (",)

X- X. No value .That is why i can't think of anything which describes me with this letter.

Y- Y. Even this letter i can' t also think which describes me.

Z- Zigzag. My life is like walking in a zigzag, without knowing Christ before, I just know Him as a head knowledge, but when He revealed several things and areas in my life , I'm no longer walking in zigzag path. Because I know HE will leads me to a straight path.

Gonna lose my voice!

2005-03-02T23:49:00.000-08:00

I'm already spending a year here in a call center industry, and almost a month with a different account. Anyways, due to high volume of calls from the past weeks, my voice seems to get husky, and i've even experience sore throat and what's worst? Even my performance were affected especially with my QA scores. I went to an ENT specialist for check-up. I was diagnosed that I'm having a pharyngitis. :-( I was advised by the doctor that i have to avoid drinking cold beverages as well as eating too much sweets. I have to deprive myself from eating my fave ice cream as well...Wahhhhhhh!!! I was also advised to have a voice rest for a week. Right now, I'm filing my one week leave for my voice rest as well.

Bombing-tine's day

2005-02-15T02:35:00.000-08:00

Valentine's day once again, where love is almost everywhere. While I, I was on my first week of nesting period (still part of the training as well.) but this time it turned to be a different one. Right after our shift, one of my colleagues at work, told us that a bus from Ayala has been exploded. Bombing on the day of hearts? We thought it was in Ayala Avenue, the incident happened at Edsa-Ayala(near SM Makati).We usually wait buses from the site of incident, good thing is we're on a night shift, and that incident happened around daytime. Thank heavens were saved! If we are the ones who have waited for a bus from the site of the said incident, probably we're included from that explosion. Whew!!!

Fish Cracker yuckyyyyy!!!

2005-02-10T15:37:00.000-08:00

I woke up late today, it was already 10 am, when i saw my dad watching late morning news. I went to bathroom for some "morning rituals" . When i'm approaching to the dining area, suddenly dad called me up , "hey Rich tingnan mo" it was an expose of manufacturing fish crackers somewhere in Valenzuela, it was a Chinese-owned factory wherein the warehouse looks like a junkshop. Makikita mo 'yung kneading table, as in grabe! , ang moldy and roaches are crawling on it. Then drums of fish sauce(patis) may mga nag-flo-float na patay na ipis at butiki na sinasala lang...(imagine 'yung amoy ng patay na butiki at ipis sa patis; YUCK ! STIINKSS!!!)

Anyways, aside from the smelly fish sauce , which makes the flavor of the said fish cracker, for more appetizing appeareance, nilalagyan nila ng red food color. In addition to that , meron ding BORAX , which is commonly used for soap-manufacturing , and its really, really hazardous for human consumption.

Before packaging , fish crackers were dried on the ground na walang malinis na sapin (kahit sako or plastic trays), then they used rustic rakes eeeeeeewwwwwwwww!!! and the worst thing is inaapakan lang at may dumadaang daga na nanggaling pa sa canal. ulk!

After watching the said expose nawalan na tuloy ako ng ganang mag-almusal...

Everytime i see people buying fish crackers from street vendors , bus stops/terminals in Manila, i want to discourage them from eating on it.

How i wish they're aware of how it is processed . At sa lahat ng mahilig mag-fish crackers 'dyan, ewan...basta maging conscious lang tayo sa sanitation ng mga kinakain natin.

Taxi Trauma

2005-01-01T22:34:00.000-08:00

It was new year, a new day , and of course , still reporting to work . I 've only slept for only an hour, and my alarm clock starts to riiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnng!!!! noise filled the entire room as well, i've started to get up , get myself ready for work. Most of the people in the house were in a deep sleep, tired from the occassion , they haven't noticed that i'm already leaving the house . I was like a cat, that making an escape from its master. Well anyways, i was waiting at the main gate of our village, when i tend to look for a tricycle. Nothing left at the terminal. I was about to wait for three minutes and soon a tricycle came out , and hurriedly went off the village.

I took a bus going to Baclaran, and soon drove it off for only 20 minutes from Salitran. No traffics, less vehicles running by , and again most of the people were tired and sleep late due from its occassion. When i stopped at Baclaran, there were few people waiting for a bus and taxi, it was around 5:45 am. I was about to wait a bus going to Ayala, unfortunately i've waited for minutes and soon i've lately noticed that i was waiting for 30 minutes, it was 6:15 am and i was expected to report at work, by 7:00 am. White taxis haxe paraded infront of me , and i was doubtful to take a taxi or not. There were no buses, only taxis , and it was 6:20 already, then i was opted to take a taxi going to work instead.

I' ve took a taxi going to work when the driver asked, " Ma'am saan po tayo?", then i replied ." "Manong sa Paseo, Citibank Center..." then he drove it off , and a sudden confusion from his face, he asked again "ma'am saan po ang way natin?" it's like he wasn't sure which way are we going to take , either Edsa or Buendia. Then i've answered nervously , "Manong sa Buendia na lang po", "pasensiya na po ma'am puyat ho eh!",. I've almost wanted to go down, because the driver looks drunk , or he was under the influence of prohibited drug (pero ang bilis ng takbo ng taxi and hindi puwedeng bumaba sa highway) i've started to pray. And dahil sa tindi ng pangangailangan ko ng sasakyan papuntang Citibank. I 've decided not to go down. When were almost near Ayala i've told the driver "manong dito na lang po tayo sa Ayala Ave. ..." and he replied sarcastically "ma'am di po puede, sarado po" . (The streets were closed during the celebration.) and still i've insisted "bakit po 'yung bus dumaan ng Ayala?", this time he replied anxiously "ma'am hindi nga puedeng dumaan...eh!", "ah...ok!" i said, and remained silent . He drove me to the streets of Dela Costa and Valero (halos nagpaikut-ikot lang kami) Then we stopped at Citibank Tower. he said "Madam 72.50 po!". And paid him 100 pesos, i was waiting for the change, and asked the driver "manong sukli ko po?", and he ask sarcastically "bakit meron ba?" i was a bit annoyed, and he handed me the change, instead of giving me 27.50, he only handed me 20 pesos as my change. Then i went off the taxi (Ggggrrrrrrrr!!!!!) and bang the door. It was the first day of the year that he ruined my day. That's one of the "so-called" traumatic experience that it WON'T happen again...

To my experience , before getting any taxi (1) You must checked if, he has an orange sticker marked: METER SEALED AND TESTED (2)Be sure to get the taxi's plate no. (just in case you've experienced the same thing as mine , you have the plate number for you to complain to LTFRB. )