Just another New Year post

Sunday, January 01, 2017

holiday

It seems I'm getting the drive to blog when a year is either already ending or just beginning. Maybe because it's a time to reflect on what has transpired over the past year, that I check on my social media accounts to see the new places I've been to, people I've met, and other things or experiences. Then I go check my blog and see it's empty. It makes me sad, but I never seem to find time to just log-in and type away.

The reason why I have time NOW is because I'm all by myself and got nothing important to do. I am in my sister's place in Doha, and they've gone to Dubai for the New Year Celebration and to take the kids to the many theme parks that Dubai holds. So with my phone on my left side, TV remote control on the right, and B&O A1 speaker (my sister's) in front of me playing Katy Perry's "I'm Still Breathing" (aptly so), I decided to give blogging a go.

As it is the first day of the year, what best to blog about than NEW YEAR's resolution? When I was in grade school (--and high school, too, I guess) we had always been asked to write it all on a piece of paper on the very first day of school right after the Christmas break. Who knows what our teachers do to them, maybe memorize it all and laugh behind our backs if we break them.

So before the year ended, I have decided to make a NY resolution:

I read somewhere that we don't need a new year or a new month to set new things to do or achieve. However, most people, such as myself, really tend to have this competitive attitude to be better, do better on a new year, or a new month. Like, sure, I can start learning a new language anytime, but this is more challenging this way. ^_^ Right?

So, bring it on, 2017! 2016 was okay but I know you can do better.

Hello, 2014!

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

holiday

It's January! It's my birth month! ^_^ and it's 2014!

I am so excited for this year, really. I don't know why. But I am just...

I was actually a bit melancholic last night, just at home, watching Bridget Jones' Diary against the noises around me (being just 2 hours away from New Year's eve!) and I was alone, and only had my laptop and phone as my company...

But I went to the rooftop 5 minutes before 12 and watched the fireworks... Thanking God for all his blessings and grace, and for seeing us through 2013, and for letting us see 2014... And after that, I was fine already... I felt confident about this year. And seriously excited.

I suddenly want to do so many things.

One is, as inspired by the movie, I am gonna be hopeful in keeping a Diary this year, or a Journal which I hope to bring with me all the time. I want the conventional one, not a mobile application, as there's a bit disadvantage to that in case the phone gets broken, or missing.

I will also strive to be cautious in what I eat, and try to do that, really. The real challenge is that, today, being the first day when I am supposed to be on diet-watch, there are left-overs that I will feel sorry for once they get spoiled :( I feel bad already.

I also will have a BUCKET LIST. First time in my life, and I am up to the challenge of fulfilling whatever I will think of putting in there this 2014...

And I will also TRY MY BEST in doing the FMS Photo A Day Challenge. I tried so hard last year and I only had 10 photos in a month, at the most.

But now, see...


I made it my desktop wallpaper. I am that eager to accomplish that thing! 

And the challenge was brought upon me as soon as I read it. Coz by the time I have checked the list, I had already skipped DAY 1's. I woke up at 1 P.M. :( 

But then, I can still make up for it tomorrow! :) 

--AND I WILL!

Yey, I will. ^_^

it seems to me...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

myself


like i really have a knack for job hunting!

i've been a training facilitator, computer tutor, field trip coordinator, hotel chambermaid, call center agent, call center unit manager, secretary, liaison officer, records officer, cashier, receptionist, sales representative, and a nanny.

true. oh my gosh i just realized how flexible i am. hahah! and now i'm back to square one. seriously, when will i realize which career path to trod?

i've always wanted to be a teacher. that's one job i SERIOUSLY think i wouldn't quit on. but i don't like studying. i've proved that since 1st grade. i love reading, i read encyclopedias cover to cover, but school books? it's a bore. i like quizzes though. but not recitations. i don't like it when the teacher calls me (coz i don't raise my hand!) to give the answer.

yes, i have been a nanny for a week, not by choice. worked on behalf of my aunt. her boss noticed my resume and quoted "she did a thousand jobs in a year!"

(*sigh*)

currently listening to iTunes. really soothing.

i went to Megamall today to meet a former friend. or colleague. w'ever. almost lost my patience when i couldn't find her (and she couldn't find me, either!) but when we have met finally, the stories poured out naturally (with a few cussings on the side)...

i was telling her to follow her heart, if she really wanted to stay here for good. of course, life here isn't easy, for the less fortunate like us, even though how beautiful we are. ;) but we shared the same sentiment -- which is, well -- life is short.

suppose you are the healthiest person alive, does that assure you that you'll be living til next month? that's my conviction. i don't want to waste my time away from the people i love.

i was there, i knew how it was to be aching for home. and no matter how much you make them happy by providing their whims and all, it doesn't make sense when you come home in a box. the days that you could have spent laughing with them, or fighting with them. or just by being there when any one of you needs someone to be there with.

i'm being sentimental.