Saturday, May 31, 2008

sleeplessly waiting...

finally.. the moment i was waiting for.. sense of relief after doing the final touch of the minutes of the interim closing meeting.. i looked at my watch and its quarter passed midnight. finally clicked the send button and it was like i was escaping stress in an instant. it feels so great!

if you get the idea of living alone, you would definitely understand that under the current circumstance i am experiencing you wont think twice to sleep... tasks like:
- rushing off to finish work and submit deliverables
- cleaning the house cos you don't have the time to do it for the whole week
- sorting laundry and tiding up the massive clothes chaotic world of rondz
- cleaning the dishes after how many days of eating instant noodles and fried foods
- packing up at the last hour, charging all that can be charged and quick check that you haven't forgotten anything else...

then if you can imagine that it means i dont have time to sleep... or if i do, i would end up not waking up on time. no one else would be able to wake me up. i decided to just blog my time away.

now's everything in order. i would start putting on my shoes check the locks - the lasting i want is phantom of strata in my house and start stealing my coins (yeah that's the only savings i have for now. lol.)

im coming home. yipee doo ^_^

Saturday, May 24, 2008

my stress reliever

today's nice and sunny. but it seems I've been sleeping a bit longer and been eating lotsa chocolate lately. just last night, i bought chocolate from Alps which is really gigantic. the other day, i bought nothing but Darell lea's rocky road muncher. and the day before that, i fell asleep while nibbling on Tim-tams. waaah...

and my friend told me that I'm getting bigger! i guess that's something i succumb to during stressful times. besides singing.

hey, I've beaten my topnotch song last night. its 71! a song from the jets called 'you got it all'. its good to know I'm improving. just in case, i wanted to shift careers. at least there's something to consider if i ever get tired of audit!

Saturday, May 17, 2008

rainy bm in katoomba

literally exhausted, hungry and its raining. we're here at echo point had one last picture at 3 sisters and just waiting for our nice warm steak and red wine. this is going to be the best steak. after the long bush walk, we deserve something nice!

Saturday, May 10, 2008

saturday bummer

imagine sleeping for more than 8 hours last night and still sleeping another 3 hours this afternoon for siesta. and I realised at this point the only thing i had accomplished was to cook fried rice.

my head is aching. im broke. my friends flew to melbourne. and im all alone on a saturday night. i haven't even took a shower for crying out loud. damn this cold season!!

come to think of it, i still have plastic money. why don't i come with a friend and have a late dinner at Hurricane. reckon's thats the best medicine. through in coupla beers and i'm good to go!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

missed concert!

So I just realised yesterday that I missed the concert of Foo Fighters. I bought the ticket way back, got a copy of their CD... It never entered my mind that last 3 May was their concert in Sydney. Aaarrghhh.. And it hurt me by about 200 bucks! Far out!

Perth Pics

Finally, here's some pictures from Perth vacation. Just click the link.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Unstress me

Considering that its no longer the busiest. I want to let myself be free from any type of stress. So I am finding ways to unstress myself.

Lying back and reading through random blogs, I always learn something new. Topic is about learning unhappiness. We seldom experience this with the stereotypes that society has placed on us. We begin to be self-conscious of little things that might ruin our day. Small things really (i.e., not looking good, gaining bit of a weight, too conscious of what you wear, working hard but not getting enough of what you expected, etc.)

Focusing on what makes you happy is simply forgetting what other people think but how you really feel and what is happiness for you. A lot of times I keep on dragging myself to do this or to be that. Giving myself deadlines but then I keep on procrastinating things. At the end of the day, it all boils down to what makes yourself happy.

I realised that these are just simple things like going home early and not working too late. Then cook a nice dinner, watch reruns and treating myself with a nice dessert - perfect way to keep me satisfied. Not worrying about work or how I keep my ego. Those are just rubbish thoughts that shatters my sanity.

I also learned that there are couple of things that can make your day much better. I read through 12 points raised by a random blogger but I realised that this 3 main points below are something that can ultimately renew your spirit and make you happy both inside and out.

1. give something that you love (in short, make sacrifices) - it maybe in the form of money to charity in lieu of shopping, time spent on working (assuming your a workaholic) to meet with long lost friends or just to make company to sad sad people, or simply being in touch with reality and what you can offer in return;

2. walk along a park and appreciate nature more -connect more with mother nature and this time you will be able to appreciate things that you have taken for granted most of the time; and

3. give yourself 5-10 minutes inner peace. Close your eyes and relax. - i guess there's nothing greater than having a moment with silence. you will think more clearly and let all stress release by itself.

I reckon those things once done can really help in finding happiness within. i might do those things tomorrow. So if I'm not on my desk, you might see me on Hyde Park walking with closed eyes and giving money to everyone.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Perth, Sickie Habit, Loneliness and COP

Perth.

I wasn't able to comeback at yah regarding how great my vacation on Perth was. It was really a relaxing environment. Great weather. Friendly people. Nice food. Peaceful place to settle in.

I had the most incredible vacation this year. Thanks to Roi and Ghie for the company. At least now, I'm ready to deal with all AWS archiving, GAMx migrating, stat accounts and the coming of slack season??

I will surely post pictures of Western Australia soon. From what I recall, we had tons of pictures of Cottesloe beach, Swan Valley (winery), King's park (glass bridge and the city view) and random wacky pictures of the city of Perth.

Sickie Habit.

Not so much of a sickie but two Mondays in a row I have to say I'm sick just to get away with my personal errands. First Monday sickie cos I'm still in Perth. Second and most recent Monday sickie is because I had an house inspection and suddenly all parts of my body seems to ache (with all the cleaning and rubbish removal). I was too flat out to go to office.

Loneliness.

Well, cos I'm so lazy today. I was just browsing through 10,000 pictures saved on my Lacie. It brought back memories at home with family, friends and all dear people in the Philippines. It brought sudden loneliness to me. I quickly looked for something to drink and ended up opening my Shiraz Cabernet Merlot from Houghton (WA).

COP.

Wanna thank you guys for a splendid COP! *Ghie, Ruby, Dith and Bevs* It was so random and i was really surprised. I didn't open the rose' just yet... we shall drink it here at my place soon. And bevs happy birthday again! your candle is so cool!!