The Adventures of Tarabusaw

Day Sixteen. Oh I missed three days in my daily blogging. Anyways, I had the chance to go back to the city yesterday. I went to Mandaluyong for some business. =) I also went to the office to return my laptop bag and to meet Jessica.  Oops! Before you think about anything else.  Jessica was my manager’s staff.  She used to be an associate in our practice but decided to continue further studies in China. =)  We had a (sort of) send-off dinner for her yesterday.

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Some things don’t happen the way we want it to be.  We tend to wish that we could’ve done something better so everything will be just fine.  But realizing that all things are part of a greater masterplan, I don’t regret the things I have done before.  Besides, they are experiences that make us a better person and help us face life with hope and anticipation.

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I know I am not the best senior around.  I know I still need to prove a lot of things.  But a bunch of people started teaching me how to be one.  I may have learned it the hard way, but the lessons were insumountable!  Thank you to Wally, Rommel, Apple and Jessica.  Thank you for everything.  I know you’ll do fine, if not great in the paths you have chosen (or are forced to take).  Thank you guys!

Day Thirteen.  It’s my cousin’s birthday today.  Cooked spaghetti for him!  Mmmm… Yummy!

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I have nothing much to write.  I’m still trying to figure out something that was bothering me three nights ago.  I’ll write that down in case my mind gets cleared.

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UPDATE:  Woohoo!!!  Finally… new PC!!!  Yay!!!  Goodbye to the daily visits to the computer shop!!! 

Day Twelve.  I had a hard time sleeping last night.  I was thinking of so many things.  I was talking to myself and there were so many what-if’s that popped out. 

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This is unprecedented – five blogs in five days!  Whew!  Never done this before even with my laptop at home.  Guess I’m really close to becoming a certified bum… Hahaha!!!

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Got a new haircut!  Wala lang.  Need to take care of my hair.  Do you know the solution for receding hairline?  Hwaa!!!  Don’t want to go bald at this age!

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You might be wondering what I’m doing beside Jollibee.  Well, nothing really.  If you know me that much, you would know that my favorite character and fast food chain is…drumroll please…JOLLIBEE!!!  Yes, I love the big bee in the orange suit!!!  Hahaha!!!  I can basically eat anything in Jollibee… everyday!!!  Hahaha!!!  But I won’t do that because I know the implication.  But, I had Jollibee earlier… Mwehihihi…

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If there were other fetishes that I have (aside from food, of course), it would definitely be skyscrapers.  There’s something with these gargantuan that makes my jaw drop.  I just can’t help but ogle on these beautiful man-made structures. 

Of course, my favorite skyline would be that of Makati City.  I know I may be biased but Makati boasts an almost perfect dome skyline.  You can never tell that you are in a third-world country when you’re in the Skyway and the imposing Makati supertalls are in your distant eyesight.  Gusto ko sana kayong pakitaan ng gorgeous Makati photos, but the web forum na member ako is currently under maintenance.  Guess, you need to settle with my own photos… hehehe.  I’ll just post some breathtaking views later in the week (or maybe tomorrow).

UPDATE:  The website is already up!  Yey!  I can now share with you the wonderful Makati pics. (I decided not to include my own Makati pics.  Got to study photography first.  Hehehe…).  Enjoy!

Photos courtesy of the wonderful forumers at Skyscrapercity.com

Day Eleven.  Seems I’m not yet over with the “Office Fever”.  I still press 9 when making calls.  ;-p

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Do I look like a love guru?  I should say that I don’t even have any qualifications for that.  But why is that I am always consulted about problems of the heart, when even my own lovelife is stucked in the dirt? What an irony!

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I always thought that I would be a priest.  I took the battery of exams in Guadalupe Minor Seminary when I was about to enter high school thinking that I do have “the calling.”  I passed the written and orals – it was effortless.  But I failed the last one where we need to stay in the seminary for three days and two nights.  Maybe it was not yet my time.  Maybe I was too young back then.  Or maybe I just didn’t have what it takes.

I continued my secondary education in the “outside world.”  Then came my senior year.  I was beginning to dwindle away from my childhood dream.  I want to have a career and have a family (or maybe the call of the manly world has just gotten me…hehehe).  I gave priesthood a hard thought and it gave me a hard time discussing it with my parents and relatives.  Fortunately, they understood and supported me.  I was in my senior year when I decided to give up my dream of wearing that robe and fulfilling a chaste life. 

I always believed that I am into arts.  I wanted to take Fine Arts in UST.  But Mom wouldn’t want me to.  How about Architecture?  She said no.  According to her, those were not practical courses.  There may not be enough opportunities when I graduate.  I chose to agree with my mom.  I know I am not from a very well-off family and choosing a course that my parents can’t support financially would only make my future questionable. 

I decided to follow the footsteps of my cousins – to be Engineers.  I took up the entrance exams in UP.  Electronics and Communications Engineering was my first choice and Literature was my second.  I passed the exams but for my second choice.  ECE is a quota course and my grades weren’t sufficient to qualify me.  I don’t want to enroll in Literature so I decided to take the Mapua Entrance exams.  My first choice was still ECE and my second was Industrial Engineering.  I passed, but…for my second option, again.  I think the heavens have come down to play the greatest conspiracy on me – that I should give up ECE.

I then took the entrance exams in two colleges here in San Pedro.  Now, it’s for business-related courses – Marketing and Economics.  I passed.  But I don’t want to study here.  I want to study in Manila – the center of educational excellence (I thought).  I guess that is how a probinsyano would always think of the capital city.  And being the promdi that I am, I don’t want to be trapped in my old little town south of the metro.

I was starting to lose hope and almost enrolled in Mapua out of desperation.  But a not-so-familiar university popped out – Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.  I have to admit that I never heard of it till I actually set foot on its grounds.  Wait, I heard of it.  But it was more of a joke from Mapuan’s who would often term it as PLM – Pamantasan sa Likod ng Mapua (direct transalation: University behind Mapua).  In all fairness to my Alma Mater, it is not and never will be behind Mapua. 

Exam day came.  We were asked by the proctor to write our choice of course in our answer sheets.  I am about to write ECE as my first choice when strong winds suddenly raged and struck our testing room.  My paper flew in the quadrangle below the building.  The sight of me chasing a piece of paper was crazy!  It’s if the heavens don’t really want me to write ECE.  Nah… that was an exaggeration.  Hehehe… I just wrote Accountancy instead of ECE.

So to make the long story short, I entered the unknown university with an unknown course.  I was even lost during my first Accounting class with all the terminologies our professor was using.  I even mistakenly thought of journal as a periodical and ledger as ladder!  Hahaha!!!  I tried to shift courses when I doubted that I could pull it off in Accountancy.  I even tried transferring to UP for ECE.  But then again, the heavens made a beautiful disaster – I passed the two comprehensive exams and made it till fourth year.  Talk about magnificent disaster, I even graduated with honors and passed the CPA exams! 

Work came in.  There were plenty of times when I almost gave up and blamed my parents for not allowing me to take the course that I really love.  I would often tell my friends that I despise my work and the degree I am holding.  I always told them that I should have never taken Accountancy in the first place. They would often laugh at me and tell me that I was and never will be a mistake.  Because if everything is just a practical joke, how would I pass the Board and be part of one of the world’s prestigious firms?  Well, I just didn’t feel like what I am supposed to feel.

But things are bound to change.  As I have learned to love my course, I also learned to love my job.  I endured three years in my job!  And now, my degree and my job will be my ticket to my great American, err… Canadian dream. 

I sometimes think what life could’ve been if I never took Accountancy and instead pursued Engineering or priesthood?  Well, I could be in a seminary now, and I will never have this blog.  Or I can be an Engineer or maybe still trying to figure how to pass the ECE Board.  Hahaha… Of course, I will never know.  THIS IS THE LIFE I CHOSE TO LIVE.  But don’t get me wrong, I am not regretting any minute or second in my life.  In fact, I am thankful for the heavenly disaster that happened to me.  I am not giving up on my appetite for the Arts though – I am planning to take up painting or photography in the future to satiate my hunger for it. *wink

Day Ten.  Hwaaaaa!!!  I terribly miss my laptop!!!  Huhuhu… I hope our PC will be delivered soon!

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I came back to a special place.  It is my sanctuary.  I usually go there when I want to be alone and have a bit of serenity. 

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Today is the anniversary of my first flight!!!  Yey!!!  I was in Bangkok last year!  Hope to be there again for a vacation.  And I want to get another set of throw pillow cases from Suan Loom or Chatuchak!

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I now understand why our mothers would often nag that they had a hard time thinking what to serve for dinner.  It is really an excruciating experience.  I am home alone from morning til early dinner so I don’t mind what I will be eating for breakfast and lunch.  But since my family will be home by dinner, I need to prepare something for them.  Even if I love cooking, I am now running out of ideas what to cook for them. 

I cooked Adobo last Wednesday and Ginisa sa Miso yesterday.  I’m planning to cook Guisadong Ampalaya later and fry some drumsticks.  But I must admit, this is a good exercise, especially that I will be living my own life anytime soon.

Okay, gtg, I need to fix dinner. =)

Day Nine.  I’m here at the computer shop just to access my mails and my friendster.  Haaay… It’s so difficult when you don’t have a PC.  Hope our computer will be delivered soon. 

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Its one year since the day of my liberation!  Yey!  If you really know me, you’ll know what I mean. *wink* 

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It was the height of Starstruck and Star Circle Quest when we entered the firm.  These are reality shows searching for new teen idols — a spin-off of American Idol actually.  Since most of my batchmates are kapamilya’s, they are more often than not glued to the latter.  Since then, our batch — Aimee, Ryan, Emil, Candy, Van and me — is often referred as Star Circle Batch 1.   If my memory serves me right, it was Aimee who thought of the idea of determining our batch’s Grand Questor.  Eliminations may not be weekly (and may actually take years), but the rules are the same — the last man (or woman) standing will be declared the winner (if you may consider it).

We saw the demise of Aimee after a year.  She was then employed in Citibank.  It was after a year when the next eliminations came.  Ryan was the one.  He decided to join a competitor in Singapore.  That left me, Candy, Emil and Van as the final four.  It was only six months after Ryan’s departure that we saw the next eliminations.  We heard the dreaded heartbeat ticking in the background.  And without further ado, it was Candy who left us then.  She also joined a competitor in Singapore.

Everyone was betting that it would be Van or me.  But if Candy’s pendulum theory is right, I will be hit next.  Please refer to this picture and figure out Candy’s Pendulum Theory… Hehehe…

And she was right.  I was hit next.  With only Van and Emil left vying for the title, the competition will about to end.  But actually, I have a strong feeling who will win this quest.  Mwehihihi… =p

We will now be spread all over the globe.  We will be taking very different roads.  It saddens me, but knowing that this is a stake to our (very bright) future, I am proud of what we’ve achieved.

Cheers to Star Circle Batch 1!!! 

Its been a long time since I’ve last updated my blog… and now since I am already resigned and still (anxiously) waiting for my visa, I think I will be here for quite some time.

I’ve been a bum for eight days.  Well, I haven’t perfected the art of bumming yet.  I still do some stuff which would disqualify me for the title.  I still got some "walks" and still doing some business for my survival.  But most often than not, I’ve been busy playing as… drum roll please… housekeeper.  Hehehe…

Yes, my dear reader, I’ve been a chimoy / boy / katulong / cook in our house.  Not that I abhor it, in fact I’m lovin’ it.  I love cooking food for my family, cleaning their bedrooms (at the expense of my own), changing their linens and bedsheet, waxing and polishing the floor. etc. etc.  Call me absurd, but I really find contentment in doing such things. 

Because I’m too busy with cleaning and such stuff, I haven’t progressed yet in reading the books that I bought.  I prepared myself for this retirement (as if), but my ka-OChan overtook my being kaya eto wala pa akong natatapos na book.

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Haaay… It’s been almost a month and I still don’t have my visa.  Hope the embassy send it to me this month.  Help me pray for it.  Sorry if you don’t find any sense in this post.  Magsasara na kasi yung computer shop kaya di na ako makapag-isip ng matino.  Heard a sad news from a friend in Singapore about a friend in Canada… Tsk.. What could’ve happened?  Need to find that out.