Click on this link for a really good laugh.
Leo showed me this link sometime last year I just bookmarked it. I was going through my bookmarks earlier when I saw it. It still made me laugh. Go check it out.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
| Bert You scored 75% Organization, 50% abstract, and 52% extroverted! |
| This test measured 3 variables. First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean. Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type. Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself. You are very organized, both concrete and abstract, and both introverted and extroverted. Here is why are you Bert. You are both very organized. You almost always know where your belongings are and you prefer things neat. You may even enjoy cleaning and find it therapeutic. Bert is a big neat freak and gets quite annoyed when Ernie makes a big mess. The other possible characters are If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also if you want to tell me your favorite Sesame Street character, I can total them up and post them here. Perhaps your choice will win! |
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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Your SESAME STREET Persona Test written by greencowsgomoo on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test |
Driving Ms. Sunshine (2006)
The last time I drove a car was December 2004, and I almost got into an accident. This made me forget about driving and considered not ever learning how to drive. Last month I enrolled at a formal driving school (A-1) and hopefully they would help me get over my fear of driving and really help me get the hang of it. And who knows? I might get a car plan in the future.
I arrived at the agreed meeting place at 7 am sharp. My instructor gave me additional pointers and we were off. I drove a manual silver toyota corolla (or was that an altis?).
I had problems getting out of the parking space and onto the street. It was a very busy street and I held up traffic for a few minutes since I was letting go of the clutch too early thus stalling the car. It took a few tries but I managed to get out of President's Avenue and into Sucat Road. Yes, Sucat Road. Me, a person not used to traffic and am already in Sucat Road fighting for road space with the pasaway jeepneys. I figured it's only 7 am so not much cars in the road yet. But no relaxation yet for me. My instructor told me to turn right at the Service Road of South Superhighway. That increased my pulse rate but I hurried on. Come to think of it, it was quite hilarious actually. I was travelling along service road going South at 20 mph. Whenever I would see the speedometer hit 40, I'll ease up on the gas pedal until I'm at 20 again. We turned right at Alabang-Zapote road and again, more scary jeepneys to shake my confidence. I was alright until we reached the corner of BF Resort (I think that's Pulanglupa area already) where there was quite a traffic build-up. Now I know why people don't like driving stick shift. My left leg almost developed a cramp from all the pushing and lifting and at heavy traffic, it can be an uncomfortable feeling. We drove on until we got to their driving course. I did ok until I got to the inclined curve. The car kept on stalling and I almost bumped into the wall. Good thing the instructor was such a cool character that he barely cringes whenever I do something wrong.
The lesson was only for a couple of hours and I learned quite a bit from that two hours. I have a three hour session tomorrow and I hope it can give me more practice and confidence on my driving.
I arrived at the agreed meeting place at 7 am sharp. My instructor gave me additional pointers and we were off. I drove a manual silver toyota corolla (or was that an altis?).
I had problems getting out of the parking space and onto the street. It was a very busy street and I held up traffic for a few minutes since I was letting go of the clutch too early thus stalling the car. It took a few tries but I managed to get out of President's Avenue and into Sucat Road. Yes, Sucat Road. Me, a person not used to traffic and am already in Sucat Road fighting for road space with the pasaway jeepneys. I figured it's only 7 am so not much cars in the road yet. But no relaxation yet for me. My instructor told me to turn right at the Service Road of South Superhighway. That increased my pulse rate but I hurried on. Come to think of it, it was quite hilarious actually. I was travelling along service road going South at 20 mph. Whenever I would see the speedometer hit 40, I'll ease up on the gas pedal until I'm at 20 again. We turned right at Alabang-Zapote road and again, more scary jeepneys to shake my confidence. I was alright until we reached the corner of BF Resort (I think that's Pulanglupa area already) where there was quite a traffic build-up. Now I know why people don't like driving stick shift. My left leg almost developed a cramp from all the pushing and lifting and at heavy traffic, it can be an uncomfortable feeling. We drove on until we got to their driving course. I did ok until I got to the inclined curve. The car kept on stalling and I almost bumped into the wall. Good thing the instructor was such a cool character that he barely cringes whenever I do something wrong.
The lesson was only for a couple of hours and I learned quite a bit from that two hours. I have a three hour session tomorrow and I hope it can give me more practice and confidence on my driving.
Friday post
I wrote this while I was at work yesterday, Friday.
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TEMPER FUGIT
I lost my temper today. It may not be a big deal for some people but it’s a big deal for me. I consider myself good-natured and well-equipped with a pleasing personality. I seldom get angry and rarely do I raise my voice at people—whether they deserve it or not. But this morning I totally lost my cool and gave our local IT a piece of my mind. I know, I have lots of friends in the IT industry but I think I had the right to really get mad.
Last November 24, our new staff (internally hired) started. Since he already has the mandatory LAN ID’s and emails, I just requested for the transfer—and that was last November 24. I received an email that the request will be resolved by the end of the week which was fine by me. But on that day, I receive another email saying that our request will be rescheduled. Again, I have no problem with that. Then I went on leave. I just got back last Monday and much to my surprise, I saw an email that our request has been rescheduled again. I saw the history and much to my consternation, our activity was rescheduled five times. I do not think that it would take 5 weeks to transfer a Lotus Notes ID and archive. I sent an email to the officer in charge requesting for immediate resolution of our application. He emailed back and said he’ll have it done within the week. I was fine with that. However, I got an email this morning that our activity is AGAIN rescheduled for next week! I knew I had to do something so I sent an email asking for reasons why it’s rescheduled. Not contented, I called the officer in charge but there was no answer. I was very worked up by then and I knew I had to talk to someone. So I called the person in charge of assigning IT requests and asked what happened. She said that they only have one person to do the requests. I said that for the past five weeks they only have one person?! I don't think that's true. I really tried to hold onto my temper but I found myself talking and even raising my voice a bit. I told her that my staff had to go upstairs just to retrieve email and his files and it was a very big inconvenience in his part due to lost productivity and inefficiency. I could not understand why we were put on hold for so long and being rescheduled again. And so on and so forth. She assured me that she’ll give the request today and I grudgingly thanked her. Five minutes after I put the phone down, an IT guy showed up in my workstation and it took him less than an hour to install everything on my staff's computer.
I thanked the IT guy profusely. My bone of contention was the number of reschedules and the loss of productivity of my staff as well as the lack of communication. Email is a very important internal communication tool for us and keeping my staff in the loop has been very difficult. I also hated it that I had to show them my temper just for them to act on our request. It’s not the appropriate way to have things done. I even cried after my outburst—which happens after I lose my temper. My colleagues who heard my outburst were very supportive afterwards.
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DOCTOR'S ORDERS
I got the final results of my APE this Monday. Good news is that my cholesterol, uric acid and blood sugar levels are normal. My triglycerides though, are a bit high. Am already happy with that since last year, the aforementioned blood levels were high. Since our work volume is quite low, I asked permission from my boss to visit my doctors. Unfortunately, I missed the cardiologist who I was referred to, so I decided to visit my OB-Gyne instead.
I don't know if I mentioned it before, but when I got sick of UTI some months ago, I went to my HMO-accredited OB-Gyne at Asian Hospital. She's a nice doctor with a very congenial bedside manner (Dr. Regina Manahan. Would recommend my friends to her). She explains everything she does and ensures that her patients are comfortable. I was very happy when I learned that she also has a clinic at Makati Med which can enable me to see her during weekedays. So I called up her nice secretary at Asian Hospital and asked that my record be forwarded to Makati Med. She arrived on time at 3 pm and there were a couple of patients ahead of me. I still waited for an hour and when my turn came, she apologized and thanked me for waiting (now that's gracious!). We discussed my previous blood tests (FSH, TSH, LH) and she initially concluded that I do not have polycystic ovaries. However, she requested for additional tests to check why am still experiencing ammenorhea. She also referred me to an endocrinologist to check if I have hypo-thyroid something (which can also explain my sudden weight gain). She also asked me to schedule a breast ultrasound to check on the lump that was found in my breast. These are the times that I'm thankful for my HMO else I might have spent thousands of pesos on those tests alone. Although am still not happy with our current HMO. Maxicare is still the best for me.
It has been a very productive meeting with my doctor. Hopefully we can figure out what's wrong with me so if ever I decide to have children in the future, I won't have any problems. So now, I just have to finish those tests that my doctor requested and see the cardiologist on Monday (for my triglycerides).
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TEMPER FUGIT
I lost my temper today. It may not be a big deal for some people but it’s a big deal for me. I consider myself good-natured and well-equipped with a pleasing personality. I seldom get angry and rarely do I raise my voice at people—whether they deserve it or not. But this morning I totally lost my cool and gave our local IT a piece of my mind. I know, I have lots of friends in the IT industry but I think I had the right to really get mad.
Last November 24, our new staff (internally hired) started. Since he already has the mandatory LAN ID’s and emails, I just requested for the transfer—and that was last November 24. I received an email that the request will be resolved by the end of the week which was fine by me. But on that day, I receive another email saying that our request will be rescheduled. Again, I have no problem with that. Then I went on leave. I just got back last Monday and much to my surprise, I saw an email that our request has been rescheduled again. I saw the history and much to my consternation, our activity was rescheduled five times. I do not think that it would take 5 weeks to transfer a Lotus Notes ID and archive. I sent an email to the officer in charge requesting for immediate resolution of our application. He emailed back and said he’ll have it done within the week. I was fine with that. However, I got an email this morning that our activity is AGAIN rescheduled for next week! I knew I had to do something so I sent an email asking for reasons why it’s rescheduled. Not contented, I called the officer in charge but there was no answer. I was very worked up by then and I knew I had to talk to someone. So I called the person in charge of assigning IT requests and asked what happened. She said that they only have one person to do the requests. I said that for the past five weeks they only have one person?! I don't think that's true. I really tried to hold onto my temper but I found myself talking and even raising my voice a bit. I told her that my staff had to go upstairs just to retrieve email and his files and it was a very big inconvenience in his part due to lost productivity and inefficiency. I could not understand why we were put on hold for so long and being rescheduled again. And so on and so forth. She assured me that she’ll give the request today and I grudgingly thanked her. Five minutes after I put the phone down, an IT guy showed up in my workstation and it took him less than an hour to install everything on my staff's computer.
I thanked the IT guy profusely. My bone of contention was the number of reschedules and the loss of productivity of my staff as well as the lack of communication. Email is a very important internal communication tool for us and keeping my staff in the loop has been very difficult. I also hated it that I had to show them my temper just for them to act on our request. It’s not the appropriate way to have things done. I even cried after my outburst—which happens after I lose my temper. My colleagues who heard my outburst were very supportive afterwards.
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DOCTOR'S ORDERS
I got the final results of my APE this Monday. Good news is that my cholesterol, uric acid and blood sugar levels are normal. My triglycerides though, are a bit high. Am already happy with that since last year, the aforementioned blood levels were high. Since our work volume is quite low, I asked permission from my boss to visit my doctors. Unfortunately, I missed the cardiologist who I was referred to, so I decided to visit my OB-Gyne instead.
I don't know if I mentioned it before, but when I got sick of UTI some months ago, I went to my HMO-accredited OB-Gyne at Asian Hospital. She's a nice doctor with a very congenial bedside manner (Dr. Regina Manahan. Would recommend my friends to her). She explains everything she does and ensures that her patients are comfortable. I was very happy when I learned that she also has a clinic at Makati Med which can enable me to see her during weekedays. So I called up her nice secretary at Asian Hospital and asked that my record be forwarded to Makati Med. She arrived on time at 3 pm and there were a couple of patients ahead of me. I still waited for an hour and when my turn came, she apologized and thanked me for waiting (now that's gracious!). We discussed my previous blood tests (FSH, TSH, LH) and she initially concluded that I do not have polycystic ovaries. However, she requested for additional tests to check why am still experiencing ammenorhea. She also referred me to an endocrinologist to check if I have hypo-thyroid something (which can also explain my sudden weight gain). She also asked me to schedule a breast ultrasound to check on the lump that was found in my breast. These are the times that I'm thankful for my HMO else I might have spent thousands of pesos on those tests alone. Although am still not happy with our current HMO. Maxicare is still the best for me.
It has been a very productive meeting with my doctor. Hopefully we can figure out what's wrong with me so if ever I decide to have children in the future, I won't have any problems. So now, I just have to finish those tests that my doctor requested and see the cardiologist on Monday (for my triglycerides).
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Last Song Syndrome
Leo and I went to Ruins last Sunday where I got myself a PCD of MYMP and Bo Bice. I listened to Bo Bice first since ever since I heard his awesome voice at AI, I knew I have to have his album. Good thing I got the PCD since the album is absolutely no good. It's such a waste of his talent. I also heard a cut out of Carrie's album and it also sucks!
Anyway, Bo Bice only got one turn in my CD player then I put in MYMP. I loved all their covers and one particular song made me put it in repeat. The original version is sung by Jennifer Love-Hewitt (I still can't believe she can sing) and is entitled "No Ordinary Love". I don't know what made me play it over and over again, but I just love the song. It's a very mushy song but what the heck, I love it :)
No Ordinary Love
This could have been just another day
But instead we're standing here
No need for words, it's all been said
in the way you hold me near
I was alone on this journey
You came along to comfort me
Everything I want in life is right here
[Chorus:]
cause
This is not your ordinary
no ordinary love
I was not prepared enough
to fall so deep in love
This is not your ordinary
no ordinary love
You were the first to touch my heart
Made everything right again
with your extraordinary love
[Chorus]
I get so weak
when you look at me
I get lost inside your eyes
sometimes the magic is hard to believe
but you're here before my weary eyes
you brought joy to my world
set me so free
I want you to understand
you are every breath that I breathe
[Chorus]
From the very first time that we kissed
I knew that I just couldn't let you go at all
From this day on, remember this:
That you're the only one that I adore
Can't we make this last forever
This can't be a dream
cause it feels so good to me
[Chorus x2]
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I came home early today. Leo has a class so I had to find a way to go home early. I was ready to take the shuttle when Leo said he'll ask his sister if I can hitch a ride with them. I was a bit shy about it first but he told me it's ok. I walked to Enterprise at 530 pm where Leo's brother-in-law, Chris, works and we picked up Leo's sister, Tricie, at Citibank. Apparently, today is the rare times that they go home early since it's the birthday of their son, Jack. Good for me too since I only live a couple of blocks away from their house so they dropped me off first with me being home by 7 pm.
Anyway, Bo Bice only got one turn in my CD player then I put in MYMP. I loved all their covers and one particular song made me put it in repeat. The original version is sung by Jennifer Love-Hewitt (I still can't believe she can sing) and is entitled "No Ordinary Love". I don't know what made me play it over and over again, but I just love the song. It's a very mushy song but what the heck, I love it :)
No Ordinary Love
This could have been just another day
But instead we're standing here
No need for words, it's all been said
in the way you hold me near
I was alone on this journey
You came along to comfort me
Everything I want in life is right here
[Chorus:]
cause
This is not your ordinary
no ordinary love
I was not prepared enough
to fall so deep in love
This is not your ordinary
no ordinary love
You were the first to touch my heart
Made everything right again
with your extraordinary love
[Chorus]
I get so weak
when you look at me
I get lost inside your eyes
sometimes the magic is hard to believe
but you're here before my weary eyes
you brought joy to my world
set me so free
I want you to understand
you are every breath that I breathe
[Chorus]
From the very first time that we kissed
I knew that I just couldn't let you go at all
From this day on, remember this:
That you're the only one that I adore
Can't we make this last forever
This can't be a dream
cause it feels so good to me
[Chorus x2]
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I came home early today. Leo has a class so I had to find a way to go home early. I was ready to take the shuttle when Leo said he'll ask his sister if I can hitch a ride with them. I was a bit shy about it first but he told me it's ok. I walked to Enterprise at 530 pm where Leo's brother-in-law, Chris, works and we picked up Leo's sister, Tricie, at Citibank. Apparently, today is the rare times that they go home early since it's the birthday of their son, Jack. Good for me too since I only live a couple of blocks away from their house so they dropped me off first with me being home by 7 pm.
Monday, January 02, 2006
Happy New Year!
My previous post was supposed to be my "Year End Reflection" but I ended up talking about numbers and tarot. I'll just let that be.
Just let me talk about my weekend as I haven't been able to access the internet since my sister spent the weekend over. Since I haven't spent time with her in ages, I left my permanent spot in front of my laptop and re-bonded with her. She is, after all, my twin sister.
Last Dec. 30, I went to Mandaluyong to attend the 2nd birthday party of one of my god-daughters. That's her in the picture. Her name is Elisha and she's the daughter of my friends from SFC (Willie and Tina). She had her birthday at Jollibee and being the frustrated Jollibee-partier that I am, I went gaga when the Jollibee mascot made its appearance. I had to restrain myself from shoving the kids aside and get my photo op with the mascot. From the way parents and kids went crazy over Jollibee's appearance, akala mo si Aga Muhlach na yung lumabas. Haha. That is Jollibee's edge over McDonald's. McD's mascots just make an appearance during parties and does nothing. While Jollibee dances, poses and even wishes the celebrant a happy birthday (I've already memorized the birthday wishes. Hehe). 
Eventually though, I got a couple of shots. Pardon the shots though. Pics are from my cellphone camera. Am still a bit sore of not being able to celebrate my 30th birthday at Jollibee. That was my original plan, but had to scrap it due to budget constraints.
After the party, I met up with Cheryll (who's tummy seems to grow bigger everytime I see her. Good thing she's giving birth at the end of this month) and Mhon together with Claudine to do some baby-paraphernalia shopping. We shopped for baby clothes (I paid for some of their purchases as my gift for them), baby bottles and diaper bags. I also bought Chloe a dress. Claudine came home with her afterwards as she's spending the New Year here. Mhon and Cheryll dropped us off at the Ayala Terminal and we fortunately caught the last shuttle going home.
December 31, we spent the day at home. However, I spent New Year's Eve with Leo and his family. I missed my family though and felt a bit guilty for leaving them. My friends justified that I did spend New Year's Eve with my "future" family. Might as well get used to it. Besides, Leo did spend Christmas Eve with my family. And I spent January 1 here at home cleaning my room.
Returned to work today and cleaned up my workstation. It felt like Christmas since there were people who left gifts on my table. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that people go home early now since our workload have normalized. That's very good news indeed.
Just let me talk about my weekend as I haven't been able to access the internet since my sister spent the weekend over. Since I haven't spent time with her in ages, I left my permanent spot in front of my laptop and re-bonded with her. She is, after all, my twin sister.
Last Dec. 30, I went to Mandaluyong to attend the 2nd birthday party of one of my god-daughters. That's her in the picture. Her name is Elisha and she's the daughter of my friends from SFC (Willie and Tina). She had her birthday at Jollibee and being the frustrated Jollibee-partier that I am, I went gaga when the Jollibee mascot made its appearance. I had to restrain myself from shoving the kids aside and get my photo op with the mascot. From the way parents and kids went crazy over Jollibee's appearance, akala mo si Aga Muhlach na yung lumabas. Haha. That is Jollibee's edge over McDonald's. McD's mascots just make an appearance during parties and does nothing. While Jollibee dances, poses and even wishes the celebrant a happy birthday (I've already memorized the birthday wishes. Hehe). 
Eventually though, I got a couple of shots. Pardon the shots though. Pics are from my cellphone camera. Am still a bit sore of not being able to celebrate my 30th birthday at Jollibee. That was my original plan, but had to scrap it due to budget constraints.After the party, I met up with Cheryll (who's tummy seems to grow bigger everytime I see her. Good thing she's giving birth at the end of this month) and Mhon together with Claudine to do some baby-paraphernalia shopping. We shopped for baby clothes (I paid for some of their purchases as my gift for them), baby bottles and diaper bags. I also bought Chloe a dress. Claudine came home with her afterwards as she's spending the New Year here. Mhon and Cheryll dropped us off at the Ayala Terminal and we fortunately caught the last shuttle going home.
December 31, we spent the day at home. However, I spent New Year's Eve with Leo and his family. I missed my family though and felt a bit guilty for leaving them. My friends justified that I did spend New Year's Eve with my "future" family. Might as well get used to it. Besides, Leo did spend Christmas Eve with my family. And I spent January 1 here at home cleaning my room.
Returned to work today and cleaned up my workstation. It felt like Christmas since there were people who left gifts on my table. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that people go home early now since our workload have normalized. That's very good news indeed.
Five-Six
When I was in College, I learned how to read the tarot as a hobby. I even did some readings for friends. However, I stopped when I had this scary experience of feeling what one of my friends felt. Empathy or claivorance, whatever it was, it was weird. Moreover, my religion frowns on fortune telling and being the obedient girl that I am, I packed my tarot cards in its box, wrapped them in a silk scarf (to preserve the energy) and buried it under my stuff.
Even if I haven't opened the box in years, I can still remember what the cards represent and if I can remember it right (hmm...might as well check my trusty tarot book), five is not a good number. It is a number of uncertainty. Things may turn out good, or it may turn out bad. The five of wands mean obstacles. Five of cups mean sorrow. Five of swords, defeat. Five of pentacles (coins), destitution. Of course, there are ways to go around these, but nevertheless, the presence of those cards in a reading is an omen as it is.
Maybe that's why 2005 was so unremarkable. Am no numerology master, but there was a number "5" in last year's numbers so I assume it's a year of the "5". Uncertainty definitely prevailed that year. There were horrible things that happened, yet there were uplifting moments to draw us from the septic tank of despair.
On the other hand, 2006 looks better than 2005. Again, I assume this because of the presence of "6". Six is the number for balance and equilibrium. The six of wands mean good news; Six of cups entail happiness; Six of swords, journey; Six of pentacles, sharing of prosperity.
Nevertheless, numerology and tarot cards aside, I still feel that this year will be a good one. Yes, bad things will still happen, but things will turn out for the better. When you're down in the pit, there's no way to go but up.
Up, we will definitely go.
Even if I haven't opened the box in years, I can still remember what the cards represent and if I can remember it right (hmm...might as well check my trusty tarot book), five is not a good number. It is a number of uncertainty. Things may turn out good, or it may turn out bad. The five of wands mean obstacles. Five of cups mean sorrow. Five of swords, defeat. Five of pentacles (coins), destitution. Of course, there are ways to go around these, but nevertheless, the presence of those cards in a reading is an omen as it is.Maybe that's why 2005 was so unremarkable. Am no numerology master, but there was a number "5" in last year's numbers so I assume it's a year of the "5". Uncertainty definitely prevailed that year. There were horrible things that happened, yet there were uplifting moments to draw us from the septic tank of despair.
On the other hand, 2006 looks better than 2005. Again, I assume this because of the presence of "6". Six is the number for balance and equilibrium. The six of wands mean good news; Six of cups entail happiness; Six of swords, journey; Six of pentacles, sharing of prosperity.Nevertheless, numerology and tarot cards aside, I still feel that this year will be a good one. Yes, bad things will still happen, but things will turn out for the better. When you're down in the pit, there's no way to go but up.
Up, we will definitely go.
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