Congratulations Julie!

Congratulations to my cousin Julie Christine Cuansing for passing the December 2007 Nursing Licensure exam. ^_^

This is me.

This is me.
Originally uploaded by h20tubig

It's been a while since I had a picture of myself that I really like. ^_^
This is me just 2 days after my 28th birthday. A great result of me and Janice working together. ^_^

Yahoo!

I started work yesterday... so far orientation mode pa ako sa office. Met more new pinoy friends too. ^_^ Nakakatuwa, nilalapitan nila ako to welcome me. Super nawalan ako ng kaba na baka wala ako makausap sa office. ^_^

Printer Adventures ::
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Day 1.0: Super high tech ng printer (sorry wala sa bundok namen ang model na to)... nagprint ako di ko mahanap kung saang slot lumabas sa dami ng trays... so ginawa ko print ulit ako... sabay takbo para pakinggan kung saan nanggagaling ang sound ng papel na linuluwa. harharhar
Since na double ang print ko... tanong ko kung saan nilalagay ang scratch... di ako naintindihan nung dumaan... akala niya nagtatanong ako pano magxerox. hehehe

Day 1.1: Email from HR, may form kailangan daw papirmahan sa boss ko at email pabalik sa kanya... since email galing and email pabalik... forward ko naman sa boss ko thinking na digital signature ang ilalagay niya. Tama diba? well... MALI! hahaha ayun... nilapag ng boss ko sa harap ko hard copy ng form na may pirma niya. hehehe Di pa nag tapos dun... eh diba sabi ng HR email ko sa kanya yung form... so hanap ako ng scanner. Tama naman diba? hehehe Tama nga. Tinuro ako ng officemate ko sa scanner. ^_^
Guess what... yung scanner... at yung high tech printer ay iisa. Buti nalang yung napagtanungan ko ngayon ay naintindihan ako... tinuruan ako pano magscan to email. ^_^ Aliw!


Day 1 lesson learned: mababait at matutulungin new officemates ko kahit na di kami nagkakaintindihan minsan. (2 palang nakilala kong Filipino nung day 1 at pareho sila nakaupo malapit sa boss ko kaya di ko ginambala para magpatulong sa printer. hehehe)
Tsaka... kahit mas malaki pa sa akin ang printer... di niya ako kakainin. hmph.


Day 2: parang nag growl saken ang printer nung dumaan ako. wahahahaha

Day 2 lesson learned: kahit mas malaki pa sa akin ang printer... di niya ako makakain.

Kitchen Updates

This is Janice's kitchen. This is where I have been learning to cook. ^_^ Usually I mess up the area but I try to clean it ASAP. hehehe The picture does not show it but the kitchen area is quite roomy... the counter you see on the picture is just half and it occupies just a third of the kitchen area. ^_^ It's well equipped to cover my basic cooking needs and there are lots and lots of cupboard spaces.
















So far... I have successfully added the following recipes to my can do list. ^_^

Bistek

Crabstick Salad -- does making a salad count as cooking?

Soy Chicken(like this a lot!)

Kailan with Pineapple -- Kailan is a local vege that Janice likes. ^_^

Tilaok ng Manok

Pansin ko lang.... wala ako naririnig na tilaok ng manok dito. Kahit nung nasa Ortigas ako nakatira... may naririnig ako na manok. hay... hindi. hindi ako nahohomesick. hmph.

Vege Adventure II

Our friend Barbs (vegetarian and with enviable skill with the kitchen knife) is staying with Janice also. Left to our own devices, we usually eat out but since I'm on a cooking roll... I decided to try cooking lunch for us both. ^_^ Barbs suggested going through kitchenomics recipes since these were what she used at home. We found a bunch of vegetarian dishes, mostly tofu based (sawa na), and we settled on trying PIÑA KANGKONG since we both like pineapple and kangkong.

So we went to the same supermarket I visited yesterday and tried matching the ingredients to our list. This time, our problem was the Kangkong... I have no idea what it looked liked uncooked. Barbs knows but none of the leafy veges there seem to match. Anyway, she asked another lady shopper and the later was kind enough to point out the Kangkong. hehehe According to Barbs it looks different... it was longer and with thinner leaves. I dunno if we really got the right vegetable since the helpful lady did not seem to speak english and just pointed to a leafy stack and said "Singapore Kangkong"

Anyway, next time I go back there... I'm sure I will recognized that leafy vege again and I will surely hunt for it again since the recipe turned out quite easy to prepare and tasty. ^_^

Hooray It Was Edible!

Yesterday Janice called to say a group of friends were stopping by her place around dinner time and if I could come up with something for dinner. ^_^ Glad to have new victims/visitors to test my concoctions on I excitedly googled my way to a couple of recipes I would like to try. hehehe chicken afritada and beef sinigang(I found some tamarind powder in the cupboard)... both of which I have never tried cooking. After making a list of ingredients, I head out to the nearest market and had fun matching my list to the actual products found there. For example, I know what cabbage is supposed to look like in the Philippines but I have no idea what it'll will look like in SG.... veges kinda look the same to me and the Chinese labels does not help at all. There were lot of cabbage look alikes in the store! Anyway, I settled for the cutest ones. wahahaha I forgot to take pictures.... next time for sure.

I had my laptop on the kitchen table... and I followed the instructions step by step. Hmmmm.... they really should put in the little details like how would I know if the stuff/veges is cooked. hehehe Took me about 2.5 hours to get the food done... our visitors were here already and Janice thought I had everything prepared by the time she got home (7:30 pm). We got to eat by 8:30 pm... fortunately the food was edible. Hehehe the chicken afritada was just right (even if it seemed I dumped more red bell pepper on it than chicken) and the beef stew was ok but lacked a bit of salt and most of the veges mushy. Wahahaha

Last I heard... no one got sick from my cooking last night. ^_^

To Cook or To Nuke?

It's so quiet! hehehe I'm in SG right now... staying with Janice... messing up her space... eating her food... utilizing her internet... in short... being her personal pest/pet. hahaha

We went to the supermarket last night... and I can't help comparing prices. The fruits are definitely cheaper and the rest are somewhat the same price as in Manila... so if you know how to cook... you'll get to save a lot. ^_^ hehehe I will probably suffer from indigestion for quite sometime while I learn how to cook. hahaha

I need to prepare food for lunch and I want to try Jan's stove but it looks so complicated so I'll probably just stick to the microwave.
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hmmmm
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I'm gonna try making chicken adobo. hehehehe

Challenges?!

Surprise! Surprise! I met an old friend today and we haven't had the chance to catch up for quite some time now. She's been on a long hiatus from our frequent conversations over fried food or coffee. As it is, she's also planning on moving to another country and her papers are in the process of being “prepared” while mine is lying somewhere in my still unpacked boxes. hehehe As old friends does, we skipped the chitchat and dove to the juicy updates of our “love” lives. My laments on my non-existing love life took a couple of minutes then she launched into her much colorful story. ^_^ She met a guy and knowing her penchant for weird men I sat back to ready to make my symphatetic grunts and/or to stiffle my giggles. hehehe Anyway, the actuall telling took a considerable amount of time, she got hooked on an older man with a son from a previous relationship that has a charming face and a distinct personality. =) Charming face and distinct personality being my way of saying it politically correct. hehehe I'm not into looks myself but I had to smile and ask her what she found appealing about this guy. Her answer... he presented a challenge more than anything else. ^_^ For 2008, I wish us both less challenges on that aspect of our lives. hahaha

Happy New Year!

Going Open Source

Hooray!!!! I finally switched to Ubuntu (Thanks Ryan & Hector!)... and this is my first post after finally figuring out how to connect online. hahahaha Melv's... thanks for saving me further nose bleeds on trying to get my wifi up and running. hehehe you were absolutely right. WIRED is the answer. hahaha Now I could google my way to complete my setup. ^_^

Bio lab

Hahaha this was from almost 10 years ago. Parang kailan lang... muntikan ako bumagsak sa subject nato... kasi late dumating yung message sa pager ko na tuloy yung exam. wahahahahaha

For the record... after 10 years... I still don't dig this subject. Memorize memorize memorize memorize the book.... and when you try to ask questions not found in the book... you get stared down by the teacher. hahahahaha My workbook was always empty... except for the drawing parts. hehehe I passed the subject because I had a reliable SHORT term memory back then. Hmmmm.... I probably used up my quota of short term memory allocation on these types of subjects.

Usefulness of this subject to me for the past 10 years .... 0%
Sana they take this out of the curriculum... waste of time and tax payers money.

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Daily Draws: Ipod shuffle

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November Rain

Camille
Originally uploaded by h20tubig

So much has happened last month that even finding time to gather my thoughts and pausing to reflect for while had to be postponed in lieu of sleep. My personal and professional life went on a roller coaster ride. Hahaha

I had to miss a friends’ wedding to make it to a cousin’s wedding also on the same date. I had to deal with sadness over some friends leaving and with the anticipation of another friend returning. Then there was also past projects revisited, resurrected and recoded. My schedule was so erratic. ^_^ Actually nothing really earth shaking happened (teka lumindol ata.. november ba yun?).. hehehe November just flew by so quickly.

The picture above was from an impromptu photo shoot with Camille in her unit which is across from mine. ^_^ December promises to be as stressful as the previous month… I have to pack my mini jungle of a room. Yikes.

Ang Sarap!!!!

http://cupcakeconspiracy.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Cupcake_Flavors

My favorite is the Berry Mysterious. ^_^

Serendipity Saturday

Intended to spend my weekend relaxing at home... reading or watching anime. hahahaha
Ended up going to Hidalgo with Zer and Vince last Saturday... then on a whim went to Kalaw to find the chinese restuarant Vince used to frequent there. Forgot the name of the restaurant but they served good wanton. It's near the Shell gas station across the National Library. Afterwards went to Mall of Asia to catch the sunset... ended up shooting their fireworks display later that night instead. Hehehehe not content with the fireworks display... we went to Harbour View (i think this is the name) and tried shooting the Manila Yatch Club across the sea wall. Hahaha we really had no plans for that day.... we ended up dragging Zer, without his camera, with us all over Manila. Fortunately he had his DS with him. ^_^

Rambutan

Rambutan
Originally uploaded by h20tubig

One of my favorite fruits. I have a bunch left at home...
It's 5:00 AM in the morning and I'm wishing am home with my rambutans. =( Been here since 7 AM yesterday... only 2 more hours and I'll have spent almost 24 hours straight in front of the computer. I can feel my lips twitching... my elbows hurting (prolonged typing position)... my eyes watering... my feet stiff... my shoulders and back hurting... my tummy growling.

Am getting too old for this. =( I want my rambutan.

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Memorable Pic Series -- Ground Zero

Ground Zero
Originally uploaded by h20tubig

Goodbye Ground Zero. You have been witness to my growth, my failures and all the myriad feelings I have ever displayed at work. To me, you represent a different era. An era that I miss and will forever cherish as my early days in ground zero. I will miss ground zero but that's life. We have to move on. ^_^

Memorable Pic Series -- Summer Blues

summer blues
Originally uploaded by h20tubig

First time in years that I've spent the whole day with my best friend. Crazy day. Early morning rush to get to our friend's wedding... we ended up as backup photographer/va (naka gown pa si Shamps!)... tapos driver/food delivery service for the newlyweds (nakagown paren si Shamps!) (-_-)... later that night Shamps invited me to CRASH her aunts bday party. hahaha the summer drink was from that party... was sitting there staring at it thinking over the crazy day we had.

Marianne Williamson - Our Deepest Fear is that We Are Powerful Beyond Measure

Vanny
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson
in Return to Love
Often mistakenly attributed to Nelson Mandela