2008 Highlights

Can you believe it's 2009? Boy I'm turning a year older! That's the first thing that comes in my mind, being birthed on the month of January.

Well before I move forward, I wanna look back, look back on the year that was - 2008! As that year nearly ended, people around me would hear me say "grabe ang bilis naman ng year na'to" because that's how I see it. Comparing it with 2006 and 2007, ang bilis talaga! Does that mean I'm accustomed to the "Real World"? Wala bang nangyari o madaming nangyari??

So, here's a brief backward glance on the things I am truly grateful for and the highlights of 2008.

• My year started and ended with wedding occasions. Wedding equals eternal love, yun naman! I was more than happy to have witnessed the union of Ronnie and Tricia, Jane and Mel, and Alvin and Brenda.
  

Who's gonna be next this year, I wonder.

• I went home for my birthday and being with my family is just the best gift to have! I learned how to make a balloon - thanks Chris! I had pala pre-celebration with Tina, babes and Camille, who visited me in San Pablo. And then post celebration at Serendra with my LG.

• I can say that this is also a year of "get togethers"
  

1. up feb fair,
2. chris' bday celeb with her family
3. daisy's homecoming hehe,
4. dinner with ex office mates,
5. dinner with LG May celebrants,
6. UPLB BSCS 2001 reunion,
7. sleepover at glean's place,
8. campus harvest,
9. tina and sarah's bday,
10. babes welcome (best ever) party to Manila,
11. vcf lb alumni homecoming,
12. college barkada at makati and xmas reunion at shang,
13. programmers' xmas party
14. xmas
    
15. alimagno family reunion

• My two aunties from Israel and my cousin who's from London went home here in the Philippines as well . Grabe namiss ko talaga sila! It's hard to live far from loved ones, that's why I'm very proud of their sacrifices for their families and for their future.

• First Time- It was my first time to attend a gig, Kitchie Nadal's gig pa! Thanks jehan, akalain mo nasa guest book pa ako hehehe.

• Family Bonding- We went to Tagaytay and Manila Oceanarium, ang lalayo noh grabe hahaha! What's important is the bonding while you travel and just being complete! Kwentuhang wala lang, tawanan, and then you get to share life's ups and downs.

• Work- Start of 2008, I was informed that I'll be moving from web programming to desktop application programming. I was surprised! I was happy and unhappy at the same time. I became very vocal to people close to me how I miss my previous teammates but they also reminded me that there's always a purpose why you are where you are and God's overflowing grace is always there to overcome new challenges! Then aside form our annual increase we had accross the board pay hike, so parang twice increase for this year! Thank you LORD!:D By February, wala na ang Saturday work. Eto yung for me the best na decision ng management hehe.

• It was an honor to be chosen as godparent to noah and janina.

• Ministry - By October, I started playing keyboard in our church, San Pablo Christian Reformed Church. Whoa, ako na talaga ang ate ngaun. I remember when I first joined the team, I was eleven or twelve and I don't call them ate kuya, but tito and tita. pero ngaun, oh well. I'm so blessed to see those young ones instead of malling or watching movies, they devote their times at practices!









• I lost my flashdisk and phone's memory card. My bracelet was stolen. My laptop fell from the table unintentionally -I'm not of course grateful about those but I'm happy because I'm learning how to let go and how to respond in a godly way.

• Drove a car - When my dad and kuya tells me to learn driving, I always refuse kasi sabi ko pag 18 na lang ako hanggang ewan ko ba hehehe at after 5 years natuloy. Excited daw ako kaya "fast learner" ..wushu. I'm not a pro, it will take years pero masaya ako dahil naka-stroll na ko in our subdivision at the first hour ng session =) So thanks to kuya dahil hindi mo pa ako nasigawan ever hehe.
  

• It was another year of giving- I have realized i had not gotten something extravagant for myself and i have no regrets. i share, i give and do i love to see those smiles on their faces! ang sarap ng feeling whether it's a small or big thing! :)
  

minors:
-I've reached plurk nirvana and reached the more than 50 fans also in plurk, lol!
-Pati hindi na zero ang pagerank ng multiply ko hahaha! Thanks for the visitors wahehe feeling =p
-I cooked (really an accomplishment) and read books.

It was a great year indeed! I pray that this year would be more interesting, and I hope to have a greater and wider reach to help and touch more peoples' lives. I wanna be a better person *wink*

Napaka-abstract ata nun. Haha. Concrete plans, siguro sana more physical activities tsaka outdoor naman para iba, mala sports unlimited hehe. next time iisipin ko pa.

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Feeling Bob Ong!=p

It all started here: ang pag-ibig nanjan lang sa tabi-tabi.. pero ang pera, kailangan mo pang hanapin.." - money war

From that, we made our own versions :)

dreb - ang pera nasa tabi tabi lang. ang pag ibig ang mahirap hanapin..

martin - ang pag-ibig ay sadyang ganyan

dreb - wala na ngang pera, wala pang pag-ibig sa tabi tabi.

niza - ang pag-ibig nanjan lang sa tabi-tabi..ganon din ang pera..pero hindi naman mapasaakin

dreb - ang pag ibig nasa katabi ko.. ang pera nasa likod ko..

karen - ang pag ibig nasa katabi ko.. ang pera nasa likod ko.. pero ayos lang dahil ako lang ang naka-ngiti sa aming tatlo

dennis - ako pera lang ang kulang sa buhay

jeremy - can't live with them, can't live without them? (naligaw si william shakespeare)

niza - wala ako pera at pagibig, pero may laptop ako

jeremy- "ang laptop, pwedeng ireformat. pero paano ko irereformat ang puso ko?"

dreb - may back up ang laptop ko.. pero walang back up ang pera at puso ko

karen- may rason ang lahat, mag-move on ka

dennis - may rason ang lahat kaya mag roll on ka

jeremy - may reason ang lahat. code: 0x00FFA23 do you want to send an error report to microsoft?

dreb - may razon sa tapat, mag-pancit ka

karen - hindi malaman, nagugulumihanan

dreb - hindi malaman, mabuto

mga stressed/bored sa work? kaya ganyan hahaha..

WishList 2008

Sa daddy or mommy ko :) (pwedeng OR pwedeng AND haha)
1. Portable harddisk
2. Nokia 5800 or Sony Ericsson G900
3. Korg na keyboard (nakalimutan ko yun model)
4. 2008 Mazda3 (meron na ata 2009)
5. PSP to be released to this month ata or next month
bwahahahaha.. actually hindi ko pa alam, kasi di pa ako nkapagcheck na magfit sa pinag-usapan na price range :D

>> mahirap ata dito kasi sana pwede magreply yung mom/dad without us knowing.. c jeremy baka or dennis baka pwede gumawa ng online wishlist na hindi dito hehe

My 2000 Peso Bill!

It's another centennial commemorative legal tender banknote issued by BSP. Well, it's BIG, really! hahaha.. Here, look :D

That's my hand up there hehe.


Below is the back side of the bill.


Parang portable dvd player lang, a bit bigger hahaha...


My Dad said it can be bought at 2,100 and some sell it for 2,800. Again, it's legal tender, meaning you can use it to purchase stuff ;)

I Need A Hug, too =P

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PSALMS 23 - ALABANG Version

Thanks Karlo for letting me post this.

The Lord is like my Pastolero, He is like kumpleto na for me.
He makes me higa in the pastulan in his hacienda,
And makes me go inom-inom from like a malinis na ilog.
He makes ayos my soul.
He likes make me lakad in the tamang way, para to give honor sa Kanya.
Even though I make lakad through a nakakatakot na place, I won't be takot,
For You are with me;
Your patpat it makes me feel like secure.
You make a handaan for me, in the presence of those who make gulo sa buhay ko and badtrip my araw.
You welcome me like a bisita, and give me a total make-over - what an honor! You are sobra-sobra when You bless me.
Kaya I am so sigurado, that goodness and love, make habol-habol sa akin all the days of my buhay.
Kaya, I am sigurado that I will stay in my Daddy's Mansion araw-araw, forever!

The Ten Conyo-mandments

1. Thou shall make gamit "make+pandiwa".
ex. "Let's make pasok na to our class!"
"Wait lang! I'm making kain pa!"
"Come on na, we can't make hintay anymore! It's in Andrew pa, you know?"

2. Thou shall make kalat "noh", "diba" and "eh" in your pangungusap.
ex. "I don't like to make lakad in the baha nga, no? Eh diba it's like, so eew, diba?"
"What ba: stop nga being maarte noh?"
"Eh as if you want naman also, diba?"

3. When making describe a whatever, always say "It's SO" pang-uri!
ex. "It's so malaki, you know, and so mainit!"
"I know right? So sarap nga, eh!"
"You're making me inggit naman.. I'll make bili nga my own burger."

4. When you are lalaki, make parang punctuation "dude", 'tsong" or "pare"
ex. "Dude, ENGANAL is so hirap, pare."
"I know, tsong, I got bagsak nga in quiz one, eh"

5. Thou shall know you know? I know right!
ex. "My bag is so bigat today, you know"
"I know, right! We have to make dala pa kasi the jumbo Physics book eh!"

6. Make gawa the plural of pangngalans like in English or Spanish.
ex. "I have so many tigyawats, oh!"

7. Like, when you can make kaya, always use like. Like, I know right?
ex. "Like, it's so init naman!"
"Yah! The aircon, it's, like sira!"

8. Make yourself feel so galing by translating the last word of your sentence, you know, your pangungusap?
ex. "Kakainis naman in the LRT! How plenty tao, you know, people?"
"It's so tight nga there, eh, you know, masikip?"

9. Make gamit of plenty abbreviations, you know, daglat?"
ex. "Like, OMG! It's like traffic sa LRT"
"I know right? It's so kaka!"
"Kaka?"
"Kakaasar!"

10. Make gamit the pinakamaarte voice and pronunciation you have para full effect!
ex. "I'm, like, making aral at the Arrhneo!"
"Me naman, I'm from Lazzahl!


**Thanks Cai!!

Johari Window Personality Awareness

..pasagutan naman please oh. Palagay sana ng totoong name. Ang jologs ni renee(?) hahaha (peace kagaya sa headshot mo) =)
http://kevan.org/johari?name=kahyenne

chromatic fatigue syndrome

If you've been reading my tweets, you'd know the recurring headache I experience. I thought it was the usual migraine I get when I have insufficient sleep and when exposed with sun's intense light. It was annoying
since it triggers every time I stand up either from sitting or lying, sometimes I have to pause before continuing my movements. After suffering it for a
week and doing a self diagnosis, I decided to consult a Doctor for a proper diagnosis.

Last Tuesday, I went to Asian Hospital. It was my second time. The first was 2 years ago when I had my medical checkup as company's hiring procedure. I told the DR what I wrote on the first paragraph. She asked if I have a husband, I replied than I'm not married. She asked if I have a boyfriend, now I know what she's trying to generalize. I said positively that it's not what she thinks, I'm not pregnant lol. I questioned her that I usually have a low BP, she said hers is lower. (for me, I don't care hahaha, worried na nga ako and she seems
so relaxed hahaha) She recommended me to have a CBC (complete blood count). Her pre-diagnosis were anemia and astigmatism.
If blood test would be normal, she suggested that I see an ophthalmologist. I told her that I wear an eyeglass but not regularly wear it. I explained her my eye grade went down after not wearing it for some time then she laughed. Parang she can't believe =p

The next day I went to Healthway for my CBC. I waited an hour for the result. I prayed na it would be normal. I noticed that my hemoglobin was 3 counts lower than the minimum normal value. Thursday, I showed it to my Dr, she giggled and said, it was normal. She added that it was caused by stress, actually her term was overstressed. Sabi pa nya, ano ba yan ang dami nyo sunod sunod na ganyan. Continue ko lang daw stresstabs, (because of Google) I told her that based on research too much iron is not good, but she said stresstabs contain small amount, right for daily intake. Lastly she reminded me to eat good food and sleep right. :)

My diagnose pala was chronic fatigue syndrome. Ayan, ngaun sumasakit nanaman. Maybe because of the lindt I ate. Minsan lang naman to hehe. Thank God that this is nothing serious, my praise belongs to YOU.

Seriously, we should really take good care of our bodies. :D

unusual break

last monday, we were supposed to celebrate brother's burger 50%
off. monday came and we let the opportunity passed by. we opted to
dine at country style and what a break it was! btw, i was with dang
and emme. so while were seated waiting for our orders, a girl sat
beside me who came before us, with amusement on her face greeted
us hello as if we knew each other long time before.

imagine her introducing herself without us asking, and then she kept
on making indirect remarks trying to catch the
owner's attention. not only that, she involved us with her "noise".
she criticized some crews, then she said something like, "ang tagal
ba ng orders nyo, sana man lang may libreng doughnut diba blah blah blah"
she was effective huh, because the owner gave us free doughnut!

the story doesn't end there. she held my hand and acted like
madam auring (a famous fortune teller in the philippines). the first
thing she said was, "you have a boyfriend" ay wala po,
"but you had" strike two, wala po eh. she seemed unconvinced and added
"kahit fling??" i laughed hard, i wasn't offended at all. i knew me!
then she asked my two officemates for their hands and tried to
reveal their characters. To them, she's right hahaha. I agreed naman
in her general predictions like we loved our family so much!
She returned to me, and told me that i need to face my fears
because i am good (hooo c ate talaga), and what does that mean?!
oh well.. she also said that i have a child's heart :) that's all i
can remember.

weird.