Wear sunscreen

some article that i found on the net..i hope you'll like it. =)

A Column That Was Only Written, Never Delivered

Published: August 6, 1997

Following is the text of the newspaper column by Mary Schmich that has been erroneously identified on the Internet as a speech by Kurt Vonnegut.

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of 1997:

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Oh worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 P.M. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

broken

Taken from wikipedia....

A broken heart (or heartbreak) is a common metaphor used to describe the intense emotional pain one feels after losing a loved one, through death, divorce, or other means as in breaking up with someone or having your partner move away. It is an extremely old and widespread metaphor that dates back to at least the time of the Ramayana where it was commonly used .

Heartbreak is usually associated with losing a spouse or loved one, though losing a parent, child, pet, or close friend can also "break one's heart".

The symptoms of a "broken heart" can manifest themselves through psychological pain but for many the effect is physical. Although the experience is regarded commonly as indescribable, the following is a list of common symptoms that occur:

• A perceived tightness of the chest, similar to an anxiety attack
• Stomach ache and/or loss of appetite
• Partial or complete insomnia
• Anger
• Shock
• Nostalgia
• Apathy (loss of interest)
• Feelings of loneliness
• Feelings of hopelessness and despair
• Loss of self-respect and/or self-esteem
• Medical or psychological illness (e.g. depression)
• Suicidal thoughts (in extreme cases)
• Nausea
• Denial
• Fatigue
• The thousand-yard stare
• Constant or Frequent crying
• A feeling of complete emptiness

wow! i got 13 out of 18 symptoms..i guess i am broken..

bad day

Having a hard time breathing.
My drink spilling over me.
Losing money in my account.


yes. it all happened to me in a single day.

first thing happened when i got inside sm. i suddenly felt so cold and i found it hard to breathe. i don't know what happened inside me but that was how i felt.

second thing happened while we were waiting for our dinner at big mao. this supposedly "new" waiter spilled lemonade over me. ugh! good thing i just bought a dress coz i was able to use it right that day.

third thing on the list happened when we stopped by an RCBC bank so i could withdraw my pay from work. i first checked my balance and OH MY! it only read Php467.00. whaaat??!! i couldn't believe it. then i realized that i tried to withdraw money from that account last friday from a BPI atm machine. the transaction was cancelled so my account balance shouldn't have been deducted. but then again, stupid atm machines. my account now has only Php467.00.

so today i had to go to the bank and report what happened but it would still take days and days of waiting before i'd get my money back. =( oh well...at least i'd get my money back, right?

my trip to manila

a few days ago my sister asked me to go to manila. she told me i could borrow the money for the plane fare from her. so i went. i spent a few days in luzon.

my flight to manila was supposed to be leaving at 705 pm. so i had to be there by 6pm. i came in the office early friday morning so i could leave early to catch the plane. the plan was to leave by 5pm. on the way to the airport, we had to fetch mom and my brother's wife and baby at sm. it took us a long time because of the traffic. there was traffic going to sm and there was even more traffic on our way to the airport. waaaa! i was going to be late. i couldn't calm down. i was in a panic thinking i couldn't board the plane. fortunately for me, the flight was delayed. yes! hehe..i was told by the cebu pacific employee at the check-in counter that the flight was delayed for 30 mins. yey for me! =) so i was able to get on the plane and even found my office mate as one of my seat mates. ate ended up waiting for me outside the airport for quite a few mins.

so i got there. i was in manila. first things first, we had to eat dinner. so we went to serendra and ate at chelsea. it was an italian restaurant. we ordered macaroni and pizza. we tried their baby back ribs pizza and believe me, i'm never going to order that dish again. it was ok but it's not something you'd want to eat again and again. loved the macaroni dish though. =) that's coz i'm a pasta kinda girl. after dinner, we went to my sister's apartment to get some rest. we planned for our saturday activities and then slept.

on saturday, we went out early to fetch my sister's friend, dinah. after that the 3 of us went to binondo to eat some dumplings. yum! we had a very delicious meal. though we ended up smelling like dumplings for the rest of the afternoon. hehe.. after eating our lunch, we walked all the way to divisoria. specifically to the 168 mall. i bought a lot of shirts. some for selling and some for myself. i bought a lot of things both for selling and for myself. after our divisoria escapade, we walked back to binondo to buy sugar free hopia for our grandmother.

after all that, we were all tired and wanted to get a massage so we went to wensha's. first thing we had to do was get one of those bracelets that indicated you were a customer. so we got those and then we had to change into the slippers that they had. we then went to their locker room where we were pointed to our respective lockers based on the numbers on our bracelets and given towels. we then showered which was also good coz we all felt sticky and we smelled. hehe. so anyway, after that we were asked to put on the robes they provided without our undies. at first i thought it was ok since i had on a robe anyway. then we went to their dining room to wait for our turn. the massage came with a free buffet ticket which was shabu-shabu. you know that korean type of cooking food in soup. anyway, so we inquired if there were therapists who could treat us with a massage. after a few mins, we were led to a big long room where there were lots of beds you could lay down on. we waited for the therapists there. at last they came and asked me to undress and then lie on the bed. so i took off the top of my robe and i thought that was ok but then they asked me to take off the shorts. waaa! so i was naked! they were going to massage me naked! what?! i wasn't too comfortable with the idea but then i just conceded. the massage was great. i was just not comfortable about the part that i was naked. after our massages, we had our shabu-shabu meal for dinner and some ice cream for dessert.

on sunday, we had to wake up early to beat the traffic. we went to "the fort" to have some breakfast. after eating, we continued travelling towards tarlac. my grandparents were waiting for us. we arrived at about lunch time. we were greeted by our grandfather. we then proceeded to their room where my grandmother was lying on a hospital bed. she had a smile on her face. that was good. that was what we were there for. to make them both happy and not feel so lonely. after the greetings, we had lunch and then we took a nap. a nap that lasted for quite a long time. lol! 3 hrs of sleeping. is that still considered as taking a nap? after sleeping, we took our baths and went to church. we then went back home since lola was alone. we had our dinner there. we ate some of my favorites which are bagis and fried tilapia. yummy! after dinner, we talked or rather lolo talked and we listened. when lolo was getting tired, we watched television. there really wasn't anything much you could do there but eat, talk, watch tv, read books and sleep. after a few hours of watching television, i slept out of boredom.

monday morning was sort of a busy day for us. we went downtown to find a new refrigerator for lolo. their old one wasn't really working anymore. some of the food got stale. ugh! first thing we did when we got there was to eat halo-halo at the famous razon's. yummy! then we went to about three stores before we found the refrigerator that lolo wanted. after that we went out for lunch. we ate at rustica's. the food was ok. we then went back to the house to say our goodbyes to lolo and lola. it was something that i've always dreaded. leaving them behind is such a sad moment. i could see lolo's eyes were sad. =(

we travelled back to manila and immediately went to trinoma. the mall was huge. we wanted to watch a movie but the line was reallllllllly long. so we opted to eat some ice cream at five cows. the ice cream was great. but the service was not so great. they wrote down the wrong dish for our order of nachos and took a long time to give us our order. tsk! not a very good thing to do. so anyway, we went to glorietta to watch the movie "sex and the city". we had fun watching the movie. had a lot of laughs most of them due to charlotte. then we drove around the city to find a place to eat. we kept on driving around and eventually decided to just go home and get some rest.

tuesday wasn't very eventful. there was nothing much that we did. first off we went to MOA. ate wanted some pictures to be printed but then the printer at fuji was weird. it would print a 2-inch green strip on your photo. who would want that? so we decided to eat first. we ate at pho hoa, a vietnamese restaurant. afterwards, we went walking and found a boutique named calliope. we went in found some great hats. we took pictures of ourselves wearing the hats but we didn't really buy any. hehe. we bought some clothes though.

we then went to afpslai to get ate's bank book and deposit some funds. after that we went to atc where she had some of her pictures printed. she wanted to join this contest their photography club had. we ate ice cream while waiting for her pictures. we then went to her office so she could submit her pictures. i ended up watching dinah and their other office mates practicing a dance. it was fun watching them. i sort of missed my dancing days. we then went out for dinner. we ate at a korean restaurant this time. that was great for me since i really wanted to try eating at a korean restaurant. after dinner, we bought cakes at bizu and brought them to starbucks where they had their coffee and i had my hot chocolate.

we woke up late on wednesday since we couldn't get out early. my sister's car was only allowed on the streets from 10am-3pm and after 7pm. first thing we did was to get dinah and then we were on our way to tagaytay. they wanted to eat at buon giorno's. they weren't familiar as to where we could find the place. so we ended up going back and forth until we finally found the place. it was an italian restaurant. as usual, we ordered pasta and pizza. dinah ordered risotto. the food was really delicious. after eating, we took some pictures. we then went to a coffee place. i forgot the name though. after coffee, we then started to go back to manila.

dinah went home first. ate and i went to festival mall to get our manicures and pedicures. we then had dinner at sango's. their burgers were quite unique and very delicious. we then had an early night since i was going to fly back to home thursday at dawn.

so that ends my trip to manila. =) had fun thanks to ate.

bogus friend

i am not talking about the movie "Bogus". i am talking about a friend who is bogus. a fake. a fraud. a person who pretends to be a friend when she needs a friend.

i've got this supposed friend from college. we used to always go places together. that was way back in college. now that we have work, she seems to remember that friendship only when she needs someone to talk to..especially when she has a problem. that is the time that she becomes the "friend". but then when i need a friend, where is she? she couldn't even hold up to her word to meet up somewhere. oh yes. what a good friend you are.

i hate you. you're only around when you need me. what about when i need you? huh! let's see what'll happen when you don't get to have a friend when you need one.

can't figure it out

i can't seem to figure it out.

sometimes it seems as if he wants me to be there always. sometimes it seems as if i am nothing. so what is it really? i don't know how it's supposed to be. i guess everything that's happening between us is confusing me. you confuse me. i confuse myself. everything is a jumble of words and emotions. i'm not so sure what you want. i know i want you by my side. what about you? what do you really want? tell me. don't leave me hanging like this. don't just come and go as you please.

long time no blog

it's been more than a month since my last post. a lot has happened that i regret and a lot that i also totally enjoyed.

here goes...

last april 25, i went to cagayan de oro (cdo) with some of my officemates. when we got there, we immediately went to our hotel and changed for our rafting adventure. it was a lot of fun. we were first told of the rules, the commands that they were going to use and what they meant. even though i know i wasn't allowed to do such a sport, i still joined. hehe! and after that, i cried because of the pain i felt in my forearms. stupid me, huh! well anyway, i enjoyed the rafting part. it was such a thrill. all we needed was a little coordination. you can view the video of our rafting adventure on youtube. click here.
after we went rafting, we went back to the hotel only to change and go out again. we went to sm cdo to buy some essentials that we forgot to bring. we then went out for dinner. yum! hehe. after that we went back to the hotel because it was pouring. we just stayed in the room and played uno. hmm..don't know what to call it except uno. anyway, it was the type of uno where you played with blocks not the cards.
next day, we went "hiking" at gardens of malasag. it was sort of an ecotour. there were lots of animals and flowers. the view was wonderful. they had this hanging bridge (a small one) and we crossed it. unfortunately, i got cut by the wires holding the bridge up. tsk! bad...
we then went to their famous lim ket kai mall where we took our lunch and bought "pasalubong" for our families and friends. i had a bad moment there though. =( i was supposed to meet someone special to me. but his fear took over him and so he just asked his cousin to meet me. =( bad...
so after malling, we bought something for dinner and went to the pier to catch our boat. had a bit of a cry while everybody else was sleeping and woke up feeling like a zombie. i was tired and depressed. too bad for me.
oh well, at least i had fun before that incident happened. thanks a lot to my colleague for inviting us to his hometown.

after that, our company held a training for Ruby on Rails (RoR). i really really wanted the opportunity to join the training. so i asked my CDG (career development guide) if i could join the training since she's also the manager for those projects using the RoR language. she said she'd talk to the organizers of the training. so i waited. then they told me, i wasn't qualified to join the training since i had a client project. what the?!
it's not that i'm being rude or anything but then it sucks having a project that doesn't really require you to do much. i can't really learn anything while i'm on this project. i've told my superior just that. i told him, this project doesn't give me any opportunity to learn more. i'm stuck to where i am.
yeah yeah. i know what other people would say. i could read up some stuff and learn on my own. yes, that is true. i could and i know that i'd learn but since i won't be able to apply what i've learned to anything, it's practically useless. my learning would only end up to there. i won't be able to really explore whatever it is i am learning.
ok..so back to the topic now. i really wanted to join the training. one fateful day, as luck would have it. one of the organizers of the training asked me if i'd still want to join the training. the training had already started for a week so i'd be coming in late and i'd have to catch up with all their exercises. nevertheless, i was confident that i could catch up and do all those exercises. huh! i was able to catch up with all the lessons. i learned as much as they had learned but i wasn't able to catch up with all the exercises. i failed to pass 1 of the exercises. oooops!! =D
we had a project to end the training. we were asked to create a social networking site in 5 days. wow! that's really fast. we were able to do it but with less features than your basic social network. for one, we forgot to put in a messaging system. lol! anyway, we were able to get the users to login/logout, add existing users as friends, invite their friends to become members of the site, search some members, upload photos and we also had a profile restriction feature. i know we've got a lot of features missing but hey, 5 days was all we had. actually that was 3 days since our first 2 days were spent on planning and discussing our project.
so even though i started late, i believe i was able to learn a lot. i was able to do things i didn't think i could do in a short span of time. and by the way, we won! =p

i'm keeping some things to myself. especially those stuff that i regret having said or done. but those are the highlights of my apr 25 - may 30 life. =)