土曜日, 3月 12, 2005
IS Bowling Party
Play time, Let's Go Bowling!
Amano bowls!
Team Rabbit Bags The Title In The Team Event!!!! (Emzi, Osamu, Ryoichi)...Guess who rounded up the individual honors????? 1st. Osamu (in black), 2nd. Ryoichi. 3rd. Me oh me!
A Badly needed break for a very toxic me!
# posted by Unknown : 9:27 午前
金曜日, 3月 11, 2005
insomnia nights....
times like these???? PC, TV Remote and Matsugen Samba CD come in handy!
# posted by Unknown : 12:14 午前
木曜日, 3月 10, 2005
Toxic Thursday
Ain't there really such thing sa 'Walk In The Park'? First, I can't get my main user to sign the Deployment Schedule. Next, we had 4 day slide in bug fixing. Though it's fixed already (thanks to Dai-chan Master!) . And then my never-ending saga against those line managers. And finally Global Project Vs. JP BPA. Whew ~ all these happening at the same exact timing when I needed to focus 100% on CP release.
Sometimes I wish some nights are longer hehehehe.
# posted by Unknown : 9:23 午後
水曜日, 3月 09, 2005
Choose your battlefield...and win the war!
# posted by Unknown : 11:11 午後
火曜日, 3月 08, 2005
Make A Stand!
It somehow dawned upon me why there are so many helpless moments in my life. It's because I let people dictate what they want me to be. I portray a really strong and assuming personality but truth is, I don't really have a strong stand about myself. Maybe that's what's lacking.
It's about time I declare what I really want, and fight for what I really believe in. No matter where it leads me to or how hard the journey could be, but at least I knew from the start where I wanna be. What the heck, if I get it, bravo! If not, at least there's not an inch of regret.
Norman Vincent Peale on Courage Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Voltaire on Courage Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; be bold, proclaim it everywhere.
# posted by Unknown : 11:07 午後
月曜日, 3月 07, 2005
Learning Japanese...Turning Japanese
I am never really a fan of Japanese anime nor Japanese fashion nor Japanese food. But I have to confess that I'm probably the most die-hard Japanese drama fan. My motivation started with the desire to really improve my Japanese skills. I really wanted to sound natural and I know that by watching these drama, I'd pick up appropriate expressions, the right words to use given a situation. But over time, I started to get fixated with Japanese drama, especially love series. Of course, in my veins run a fully hopeless romantic blood! But also through these, I somehow learn how to deal with Japanese emotions. Yes, I wanted to study and learn their emotions, the way they think, their morals, their values and the things that really matter to them because I have realized that in order to really learn their language, I needed to understand them first and then the rest would be easy.
You may say I'm turning Japanese in many ways ~ in the way I dress up, my diet (I can now eat raw tuna and raw salmon, can you believe it?! i'm recently crazy over miso shiro! a traditional japanese soup), I have fave TV shows like the Robot Challenge, I get excited over football games and I don't usually find myself humming songs while walking in public.
These changes are obviously brought about by the change of my environment. Of course I'd be really influenced by what I see, what I hear, who I'm with, and everything else that surrounds me. My Japanese has tremendously picked up its level. Some people say I almost sound like native already (but of course I think they're just exaggerating). My hair color would probably turn lighter and lighter too, or I may start dressing multiple-layers of tees, but I may never learn to get to work straight out of bed, I may never be the same as those Japanese girls, whether traditional or the liberated ones, I may never really learn to perfect my Japanese, at least not to the level of my English but I would surely grow as a person. My deepest values are those of what the Philippines has molded in me, my color would always be the typical Malayan brown. But being here away from my homeland and living amidst a different race is teaching me how to treasure my national heritage at the same time opening my eyes to the wonders and goodness of other people. I am proud to be Filipino, but I admit to be turning Japanese. My genes is a combination of Spanish, Chinese and Filipino blood perfectly and uniquely combined to make up who I am and who I will always be ~ a human being, a person whose eyes want to see the world, whose mind wishes to learn the ways of the world, whose heart wants to love and discover the goodness of the world and whose soul seeks the graces to understand and be understood. The world would have to wait but I won't keep Japan waiting....
# posted by Unknown : 9:45 午後
My Horoscope For The Day
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There is so much truly inspiring information out there that you don’t even have to make an effort to find it. You bump into it when you’re not even sure where you’re going. You are being guided by signs.
Wow, there's a truly inspiring information out there that I don't even have to make an effor to find???? And I'll bump into it when I'm not even sure where I'm going???? Tanoshimi desu (i'll look forward to it).
What a fitting horoscope for a somewhat disillusioned me! Ahahahaha. Well, as they say we really cannot fight our destiny. So, I guess I just have to live each day with utmost zest and look forward to what each new day brings! And I should really be thankful that these Japanese are showing full cooperation and obeying me. Sure, there are lots of 'discouraging moments' but what the heck, we only live once! Let's savour every bit of what our hearts feel - be it laughter or tears, success or failure. Life goes on! I should have really learned by now that when all things go astray, and your load seems unsurmountable, the best way to go is 'little by little...slowly but surely'. That's the wisdom gained from challenging great feats such as climbing Mt. Fuji. In Japan, Mt. Fuji is already the highest peak, and I have conquered it. I have no reasons not do so in anything else here. I may have temporarily failed in love, but if I keep my heart open, it shall grow and flourish again. I may have temporary setbacks in my career, but there are these people that fully believe in me and makes me feel that I'm wanted and I'm needed. Maybe these are my miracles that I've taken for granted.
# posted by Unknown : 7:00 午後
日曜日, 3月 06, 2005
My Hallie Parker/Annie James Girl Has Grown Up!
My friends and I had lunch at McDo. There's a promo about Destiny's Child upcoming concert series. I told my friends that I saw in the news that world premiere of a new Pepsi commerial featuring JLo, Beyonce and Beckham. It was so cool. Comparing to the previous featuring Beyonce, Pink and Britney, the commercials are so provocative in a sense that it magnifies the strengths of a modern day woman. In the first commercial, I commented out though that Beyonce was so 'outstanding' among the 3. Everybody agreed, and as one friend puts it 'what is good with Britney in the first place?' (no offense to Ms. Spears).
Then we talked about new artists and the recent comparison between Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. I must confess that living here in Tokyo for almost a year already, I've really been so out of the Hollywood entertainment INs and OUTs. But of course I know Hilary Duff, I listen to her songs lately. But Lindsay Lohan...I must have heard that name before. My friend said, she starred in Confessions Of A Drama Queen. Still that doesn't ring a bell. Then he said 'and Parent Trap'. "Oh, Annie James!!!! and Hallie Parker!!!
I was so astounded, is time really this fast? This cutie naughty little girl who desperately wanted to get her parents back together and declared war against 'Cruella Deville' has grown up to be a beautiful young woman. I have no words!
Life is really short and time is even faster!
# posted by Unknown : 12:09 午後
For For Thoughts For The Coming Week
Always direct your thoughts to those truths that will give you confidence, hope, joy, love, thanksgiving, and turn away your mind from those that inspire you with fear, sadness, depression. -- Bertrand Wilbertforce
The universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes--every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. --Orison Swett Marden
If you're going through hell, keep going. --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) British Statesman, Prime Minister, Author
Life is pain, princess. . . anyone who says differently is selling something --Westley The Princess Bride
Behind every successful woman...is a substantial amount of coffee. --Stephanie Piro
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. --Clive James
I no longer have the fear of being alone. It's cool to find out that you don't need a boyfriend to be happy. --Drew Barrymore
# posted by Unknown : 11:23 午前
Thanks for visiting!
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