God is faithful to His promise

"And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you shall recieve" -Matthew 21:22 (NIV)

A while ago, will having my daily call of nature at our office's men's room, my fulfilled dreams of having this present job suddenly came into my mind. Truely, God had and is continuously working marvelously.

I came to this verse one time I am scanning channels on our TV one wednesday night. That was the time I had graduated and seriously seeking a job. It was Kerygma TV's (of Bo Sanchez) topic for that night. Right there, I made myself confident that He will soon answer my prayer. And yes He did. He gave me Air Liquide.

But my work for Air Liquide is not what I really dremt of when I was still in college.

I dream of working in an office environment, wearing corporate attire, with my own work station on a building high enough to have a good view of the city. But he gave me a job inside a process plant, with a longsleeved shirt that gets dirty everytime, and my work station - the entire plant - is as hot as having sunbathing for 8 hours, not to mention that I even had work during Christmas, New Year, and all the holidays you can think about.

I also had dremt of travelling abroad for a business trip -Germany, Singapore, Japan.

But now I realize, it's just His preparation for something big - my dreams are starting to realize.

After 1.5 years, I landed a job at JGC, and this is where He told me, this is your dream come true.

My present work is an office based Engineering Procurement Construction Management (EPC) work. That means going in an office (in a business park in Ayala-Alabang) while wearing polo and slacks, have my own workstation located at the 8th floor of the building. Wow! this is it! Not to mention, I am not forced to go to office during holidays, no night shift. And the best part, they are giving opportunity for young engineers, like me, to work at the head office in Yokohama for a couple of months or years for additional training at the company's own expenses.

And I would say I wouldn't be landing on this job without my experience in a process plant.

Now's the realization, I prayed, I believed, and now I recieved.

Altough I waited for 1.5 years, I was patient so He turned to me and heard my cry. (Psalms 40:1) He truely is faithful to His promise! (Psalms 145:13)

Rush Hours

It's monday, the start of a work eek. But somehow I feel it' already friday.
I have to rush on so many things. Beating deadlines, deadlines, and a lot more deadlines.

Nakaupo ako buong maghapon, pero pakiramdam ko nag-marathon ako mula Malabon hanggang Muntinlupa!

I feel suddenly hungry, every now and then. Unusual! I never had that feeling. I had eaten complete meals, but even before break time approach, mystomach starts to make his noise. As if telling me I haven't eaten for a century.

What was this all about? I don't know.
Maybe stress, or maybe I am just having a growth on my appetite.

Security of Originals

Last thursday, my phone started to become mute. No sounds heard from it except the clicking sound of the pad. I was terrified, my beloved phone was busted. Luckily, I had the security of a warranty.



I bought my phone (Samsung SGH-U700), December of last year (which coincides the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe), from a sort of exhibit cum store at trinoma. The best deal I got ever, since I had to pay installment (whom later on I decided to pay in full since I got my witheld 1 month salary from my former company) and comes with a year warranty.



I felt secured, at least I don't have to pay a single cent for the repair. I brought it last Saturday at Samsung service center at the cyberzone, Sm North, and after a day (a little less I guest), I got back my phone, as if its brand new. I missed my phone for a day. A day of quietness, no mp3 songs playing, no incoming messages. But I love the music it give my ear, and the noise too.



That I think is the best deal of buying from authorized dealers. Not just you are secured of you're buying an oiginal, you also have the security of a warranty, that you can't find in cellphone and mp3 stores.

PS:

I am to post this yesterday night, but the pc here at the dorm I am using suddenly hung-up. And before I could restart it again, it's time.

back to school

Well technically, not! Rather, I am back on doing academic things, taking lessons, preparing for an exam, and a whole lot more stuff.

The company I am working offered an accelerated instrumentation and controls course every thursdays and friday on our office. It started last Thursday and will run until mid-October. I was one of those who asked the department for that course. It is free, but of course that means a year of bond on the company. I don't mind, I like what I am doing anyways.

The course is administered by Philasia School of Instrumentation and Automation, the school formed by former PICS heads.

Ever since I started working, during that time I was in the operations of an industrial gas process plant (particularly an air separation plant), I felt I will enjoy instrumentation. Not giving a fact that Process Control and Instrumentation subject during college sucks, really sucks!

And now I am into it. Although a little to far from what I am to do as a Fire Protecttion Engineer, I don't regret giving Instrumentation a shot.

Life is a continuous learning. Grab every opportunity and learn from everything around you.

Sport Idiot

A while ago after office, our department went to go bowling for our monthly work-life balance, a sort of tournament. This month's sport is bowling. Last month it was badminton. And how do I fair on these sporting event? What else but a failing, mad, and terible idiot.

I play no sport, that's why my body is far far way behind those of an athlete. Or should I say the other way around. I play no sport because of my thin lousy body. I bet before hand what would others will tell about me. "kaya mo ba yung bola e parang mas mabigat pa sayo yan?" and a lot of comments of the same note. In a way being a thin boy keeps me away from others. While lads of my age enjoy playing basketball, I remain in my room taking non-sense toughts, as if planning to build my own world, away from everything that may remind me of how "weird" I am.

I have enough experiences of sort of outcasting myself or being outcasted because of who I am to fill this entire site. I don't want to mention it anymore. I have enough.

I am about to be 24 next month, and still, whenever someone calls me name because of my physical attributes, it saddens me, yet not enough to push me get away with it. I don't know.

I should have done so many things if only I have sufficient courage and self-esteem to tell everyone, yes my weight is 26 lbs. less than a healthy weight for me, but winds won't blow me off. I hope I'll have, soon.

The Inconvinience of Convinience Stores

Gardenia Classic Loaf I bought on a supermarket cost PhP55. at the convience store, the tag is the only on who'll say 55, the cash register will flash you 71. That's a PhP16 pesos charge!

So what should we call that? Convinience Charge?

north-south

Since friday, I was assigned to use other's pc (again!) in the office. but this time, it's not the CPU which Adjusted itself to come to my place. I was the one whom to go tho its place. And the place happens to be on the other end of the building. My own place, and where my teammates are, is on the southest wing of the building, and the PCs I am to use, is on the northest wing (on the CAD section). That means, if I happen to have a question to ask my boss or my coleagues, related or even not related to the projecy we are working, I need to walk the corridor from end to end. I hope I already finish the drawings by tommorrow so I can go back to my place, that is if my PC is already fixed. My Pc had been pulled out by IT since yesterday to upgrade it to Windows XP. Yes, my PC is still Windows 2000, and its the only one in the office.

Never felt this before

I am home, I think I am.

I never had felt this in my entire 2 years of being a career person, not until 6 months ago.

I feel free, Yes I think I am, a little bit.

I never had this feeling for the longest time. At least now I have a time for social life.

I feel I have worth now, For sure I did, and will.

I don't feel worthless now. I can raise my head up high in the crowd.

I am, and hopefully, will always be. I love my life now. I am happy.

One things lacking, for sure, of my identity, the Juliet I've been waiting for almost 24 years now, And hopefully won't take me long to finally see her, and have her. then I will be complete.

sleep with my girl

nope, it's not me.

i had been hearing of some friends sleeping on their girlfriends' [someone else's girlfriend for one of them] room. now i wonder what is happpening in there or am i just over reacting.

sleeping nothing more?

candy coated outside, hallow inside

I am your most prized possession. I'm a bird made of ceramic, or maybe of fine glass, with wings spread wide open, as if getting ready for a flight.

yet, I'm jail in a crystal cage, unable to take the flight.

someday, this glass orament will soon be broken, forgotten, not remembered by anyone.

That is the saddest truth, that up til now, I can't understand.

the plumber is glorified

It's been almost a year since I had my last post here in my blog. hiding on some other else's name.

but now is a different story. I'll no longer hiding my identity, I don't have to!

It's a brand new start, I no longer feel the emptyness inside me, yet I can't assure myself I'm totally feeling complete. I've moved on from a long winter of my life, snow on my hand has been thawed! now, I'm moving from spring to summer, trying to see a new perspective of life. A better life that is.

And I hope this will start me from blogging again, this time i hope it won't be as dramatic as the previous posts.

Now, the plumber is already glorified.