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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

I've moved!

I have now moved... to a new home!

Posted at Tuesday, December 12, 2006 by bitchy_me
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Friday, September 09, 2005

Updates!

I'm back! After a long sleep, cinderella este the bitch is back!

Hey, thanks for the messages posted... not that I'm having a grand time on where I am... well, yeah, I am having the time of my life!

I didn't move from one country to another but what happened was I moved from one site to the other!

Yes, I am on a new site, facing a different challenge... well, work is really up to my neck, the reason why I neglected this page and the rest of my good, good friends in cyberspace... Ok, well, another reason is I am only allowed to have an email facility in the office and nothing else...

So, I am doing my update from my hubby's computer (nakaw na sandali from their 'other office's' computer... eheheh.

No new updates about me except that my boss is now a Brit guy with a great sense of humour.

so, there... got nothing much to tell actually... well, there is one thing... IMISS YOU ALL! I will try to regularly check your updates especially since I found a cool place to hang out on Thursdays (hangga't hindi pa kami magkaroon ng net connection sa aming pad)!!!!

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Posted at Friday, September 09, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Monday, May 16, 2005

I AM MOVING....

Yes, people I am now officially moving... I will tell you when I am settled... Don't miss me much ok? =)

Posted at Monday, May 16, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Sunday, May 01, 2005

~~~Addicted to Multiply~~~

I got busy (again) but not with work but with posting pics of my hubby's bike group. They call themselves the Dubikers... I haven't really asked him why but I figured two reasons for it: - one, because they are bikers in Dubai and two, their shop's name is Dubikes.

I've been posting their pictures in this beautiful, beautiful website called MULTIPLY. Well, it's been weeks. I have already uploaded some of their pictures but I'm not done yet.

I saw this site from some of you sheryl... and... sorry I forgot (silly me) the others.

I've also done one for myself cause uploading the pictures are not that hard and aside from that you need not download like a photo toolbar or something.

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Work has been light these days. The Site Agent of the other company said that the project will be finished soon - actually, he's positive that their work on site will be finished in 20 days.

If that is the case, then my work will be lighter... Light as a feather? I don't know.

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So far my weekend was good. Hubby and I went for coffee at Seattles and loitered around Burjuman before calling it a day (because he has to work!!!! No biggie, this coming weekend, he won't). As for me, I stayed in the house and guess what I did??? I tried out all my clothes and categorized which one will I still wear, which one needs to go to the bag and which one can I give to someone who will use it.

I did that for half of the day and also arranged hubby's wardrobe. Now, it's kind of spacey but not enough...

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Up to now, my hubby and I are still contemplating about the laptop we wanted. We are still weighing the pros and cons of a laptop and a desktop. However, we are still leaning on having a laptop rather than the latter because of the convenience it will bring to us... However, he said I do have a point about the possible problems we'd be having if in case the laptop malfunctions (I told him that if that happens, the whole motherboard needs to be replaced unlike with desktops, it can malfunction piece by piece).

I really want a laptop (read it as if your hearing a nine-year-old whining)!!! I know myself if I want to pursue my writing, I need to have a quiet space which I can own. Yeah sure, my office is perfect but once I'm in my office, my mind is set to do correspondences, memos, etc.

Yeah, I can blog but I cannot compose a story (even a short one)... I don't know maybe it's just me...

I want this... Crying 2

Posted at Sunday, May 01, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Saturday, April 23, 2005

The Advantages and disAdvantages of Living Abroad

I have been living my 2 years here in Dubai and I can safely say that I can now come up with my advantages and disadvantages of living away from everything, your security blanket (though I still have my hubby) and everything familiar.

Now, I've learned to embrace the familiarity of the place I've been living in (well, actually this is the 4th house I've been and it is kinda hard to be sentimental about places because you leave them as soon as you've managed to finally 'move in' all your stuff - actually we hope this 4th house would be with us for about 2-3 yrs and counting) and have made an artificial security blanket (my hubby and my friends).

Lemme start with the disadvantages of living abroad:-
1) You make a lot of long distance calls which eats up your budget for the month. Even if you vow not to call, you will always call to check on them or if your sibling or mom called you up to tell you this and their line went dead so you call them and they bombard you with a lot of 'kwentos' until you hear 'sorry...please reload'.

2) A lot of the 'usual' dishes cannot be seen on your dining table. Yes, we try our best to still cook Filipino cuisine but you see our ingredients are very hard to find like for example, Calamansi (a fave for sinigang and bistek) is substituted for lemon which for me doesn't match the taste.

3) The 'happy-go-luck' attitude we have towards work. Yes, I've noticed that even if we spend almost the same amount of working hours, it's still not the same... I tried explaining it to myself but I can't find the reason why we feel ok. we whine, yes but still enjoy work.

4) Our energetic lifestyle and late-night coffee sessions. Even on a weekends, I still have that energy to loiter at SM malls, watch a movie or just go somewhere but here, I sleep most of the time as if I'm not given the chance to sleep during other days. I, too, miss my late-night coffee sessions... because Starbucks is to damn expensive here!

5) My family. No words can describe the loss...being that far from them.

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The advantages of living abroad:-

1) Independence.

2) Shopping a lot!!! heheh... can't do that back home because it's very expensive... Though living here is too but you can't feel it that much as long as you don't convert often.

3) Experience.

4) A less from the 'What if' list that I've come up with.

5) Did I say shopping??? hihihihi

Posted at Saturday, April 23, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Yes! I got BUSY and more...

To answer risk711's query: Yes, I got busy.

It's the not up to the neck... it is still manageable but because an additional load was given, I have been neglecting you, my blog friends.

I am now functioning as a secretary for two offices which is ok and fun. Well because I got things to do and I don't have to do my favorite past time: wait for the clock to strike 6 pm. Hephep hoorah for that!

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Yesterday, while we were dropping off one of our colleagues to his home, the engineer commented that 'my friends' were there. You see, he was talking about the domestic helpers in that subdivision. I answered abruptly, "No! They are not my friends!" Actually my 'no' was kinda loud and the rest of my sentence was almost a whisper.

I felt bad really... I'm not denying them as 'my kababayan' though I know it sounded that way.

I am proud of them because just like me they, too, wanted to earn a living and provide food, clothing, shelter for their families. Only difference is that I was able to study and go through college and them... well, maybe some of them only finished highschool or elelmentary.

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Divine D, my friend said that most of the well off families who decided to move their entire family here, entrusts their sons and daughters to Filipina helpers. They said, Filipinas care for their children as if it was their own. True. You need not look outside of our country to get proof. Everyone who has a helper in their house there (Philippines) is treating them as 'family'.

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So I would like to state for the record that I am proud of them! Way to go!!!!

Posted at Tuesday, April 12, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Homesick??!

Am I?

I have been trying to stop myself from calling home. A few weeks back, my mom called me up. We got to chitchat a bit and she said that I should call home more often. She had this conclusion that maybe I didn’t miss home because hubby’s with me.

Not true.

I miss home – a lot.

My space, my friends, my food trips and everything else that I left behind – I miss them all. However, I always remind myself of the decision I’ve made… I did this for us and maybe for me as well.

My hubby says I was like mom’s shadow or like a mini-her. He would always notice my comments because I would always say, “Sabi ng mama ko…” or “ Turo sa akin ng mama ko…” which was true. Not that I’m a mama’s girl (which I am not), I think these words made me feel home.

It’s like home was just there – around the corner.

I didn’t want to call because I might miss home (and my I would need to buy loads and loads of cellphone cards – tsk!tsk! not good).

When I went for a vacation last year, friends and acquaintances here told me, “Pag pabalik ka na ditto… yun ang pinakamahirap… parang hinihila mo ang sarili mo pabalik.” I thought – really now…these people are overreacting.

And it did happen to me. Good thing, the parking spaces at NAIA didn’t allow relatives to stay behind. We only have 15 minutes to bring my baggage to the lobby, kiss, say goodbyes and laugh a bit. The agony of not seeing them didn’t hit me yet even if I was waiting for my plane to arrive. It hit me when I was actually in the plane and it hit me hard.

I cried silently since everybody in the plane was sleeping. Of course, they wouldn’t want to wake up because of a bawling lady… The feeling was heavy.

Of course, it all left me when I saw my hubby waiting for me though he had a sour look because our plane arrived late. The hug was genuine and then I felt (in his arms) that I’m home. Even if he blabbed all the way about the planes not being on time, I knew what he meant to say was, I’m glad you’re back.

Posted at Wednesday, March 23, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

My affair with my Yahoo! account

(I was already typing something in here and when I was adjusting the font and its size, it was gone. I tried to undo it but no ... zilch ... so I'm starting over)

I didn't realize how important my Yahoo! mail is until yesterday.

I was multi-tasking yesterday, meaning, I was reading blogs, reading/answering emails and also chatting with my friends. I decided to log off my Yahoo! mail first because I had already open too many windows. About half an hour, I decided to open it again since I kept on receiving 'You have a new message..' a couple of times from my messenger instant mail alert.

It loaded.

After a few minutes, I return to check my mail. Instead I got this message: Verify Password. So, I thought maybe I messed the spelling of my password so I re-typed it. Browse. Laugh. Read. I went back to see the same message: Verify Password. I logged out (it said also on the window : Welcome Back! ______. On the side, it says if you are not ____, sign in as different user).

I told myself something is not right here. I tried it again and I'm still getting the same message.

I sought help from my online friends and some suggested I change my password and all that. I followed the advice and changed the password but nothing happened! I was already panicking. First, my entire social life is there,meaning friend's email addresses and Second, I don't know what's the second reason.

I was not myself the whole time my Yahoo! mail was playing games at me. I turned off my computer thinking it might be stressed and all that (yes! I was looking at it as if my computer and Yahoo! were humans).

Then , I decided maybe someone was hacking it. Who would? I mean, my Yahoo! mail is important but I doubt if it would be that important to other people. So I just took a deep breath and convinced myself to be prepared if it really was hacked that I can't retrieve it anymore.

I was still multi-tasking. Chatting and reading blogs but was not in the mood anymore.

About an hour or so, I decided to check it again.... 5.... please.....4........3.......2.......1....... it opened! Welcome!____ you have 5 new messages.

I was soooo happy I had to call my hubby, my friend and also inform my other online friends who helped me.

Whew.

That was close.

So, I devote this space to tell my Yahoo! mail that it's important to me and I hope it never happens again....

(source of this image: http://www.yahoo.com)

Posted at Wednesday, March 09, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Excited

Excited na ako... according to sir Jim pupunta daw ang APO sa land of camels and sand... Ibig sabihin (for the first time ever) mapapanuod ko ang APO--- LivE!!!!! mmm... san kaya ang venue? Marami naman kasing pwede... Actually may Ratsky na nga dito eh (kaya lng maliit) or kahit saan basta mapanuod ko sila. After reading the 'good' news, I asked one friend:

Me: Gusto mo ba ang APO?
Friend: Ayos lng bakit?
Me: Paano kung pupunta sila?
Friend: Sigurado manunuod sila mommee at dadee, super gusto nila ang APO eh.
Me: Ahh... Punta sila eh.
Friend: Talaga? Matutuwa sila mommee niyan!!

According to my flatmate who have lived here for about 6 years already and counting (tagal na noh), Filipino artists seldom come here to perform. She said it was about 3-4 years ago when Filipino bookers took notice of this place.

Last year, Martin Nievera was here for one-night only. I was a newbie here so I didn't get the chance to watch him because I don't have the money (yet). So, I just listened to what they have to say about Martin, about how he wowed the people with his voice, how he made the crowd go wild and how he made them laugh with his 'kulit' sense of humor.

Now the APO is coming.... I will save up for this one!

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UPdate!

I haven't found my muse yet so I didn't pass anything yet to this online workshop I've been planning to join.

On the other hand, I've joined another workshop it's the Critique Circle. In this workshop, you don't need to send a composition however, before you can submit a story you need to write a critique to earn points.

I'm keeping my options open since I have so much time... I've been printing some stuff so I can read them when I get home while my hubby watches his dvds.

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Might still be here in the office up to the end of April (maybe but the duration of this project is only up to March 20) because there might be some things that require my assistance.

No news yet on where we would be going. I hope it would be somewhere near the city... pero kahit saan okey lng as long as there is work, I'm fine with it!

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A friend of mine buzz me yesterday just to chat and keep up with each other's lives. After we said our goodbyes, naisip ko okey din naman pala itong trabaho ko kahit na lagi kong sinasabing nakakabagot kasi walang magawa... and all that pero meron pala... This setup has given me the opportunity to rebuild my relationship with some of my friends.

Nakakatawa nga eh kasi kung kelan ka pa lumayo saka mo sila laging nakakausap... Weird noh?

Swerte pa din ako...

Posted at Tuesday, March 01, 2005 by bitchy_me
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Eureka!

After my endless search... I found one (Yipee!).

I found an outlet for all my frustrations of not having to practice my journalistic abilities. It's this site called The Writing Bridge (which I found while I was boringly going through the routin that I do).

Well, I'm not a member yet because they have some requirements you need to fill in to join their club. I like that because there is exclusivity and you know that there is a core group that would criticize your work and in turn I do get the chance to criticize other people'swork too (as if I know how -- a lil).

Now, I need to pass that and be part of the group.

I wish I could. If not, a friend told me that Ateneo (one of the prestigious universities in the Philippines) is offering an on-line masteral degree program which (definitely, most definitely) suits me and the geographical barriers I have to go through.

Yes. I want to study and have that degree... I'm hungry or should I say starving for it. However, I need to make a choice and that is to study or help the family. I chose the latter. I may not divulge the reason for now but I know that what I chose between the two will benefit me later on.

Since most of my work is being a document controller rather than a secretary, I don't want my brains or creative juices be stuck there and rot that's why I'm looking for something to make me think more and use it more often.

So, please people who pass by this blog... pray for me

Posted at Tuesday, February 22, 2005 by bitchy_me
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