Redemption

First time to post pics on this blog... let me see if these will work. Pictures were taken from my last redemption expedition at Mt Tagapo (formerly knowned as Susong Dalaga) Talim Island, middle of Laguna De Bay. Bro Harold and Co. decided to go up at Thursday night and put up a camp site at the foot of the peak. Some pics were taken on the break of dawn Good Friday.

	The peak... taken from the second highest level of the mountain.
	The camp site (with the veterans).
	At the peak around 6AM.
	Going down the peak.
	Some sceneries along the mountain.

All courtesy of Bro Harold… thanks bro!... for everything :-)

True

A friend of mine posted this “article” on her blog. Sadly to say I can’t make a comment on it on her site, so I’m gonna borrowed it (pahiram janice ha! hehe) and I’m gonna make some “comments” here at my blog (hehe).

The article goes like this:

If you were distant, I wouldn’t chase you.

If you wouldn’t love me, fine; Don’t expect me to come running after you. If you’ll hurt me, I will leave you. Even if I still love you, I will leave you.

Nearest exit… there. That’s where I’ll go. And as I take the exit, only with courage and support from my loved ones, I won’t look back. I won’t contact you in any way. You will miss me. You will wonder how I am doing while I struggle to move on; while I make myself believe that I am special, and that I do not deserve to be hurt.

And this is my choice—to move on and believe in myself. I’ll be strong. I’ll learn to love myself. I’ll win back myself and conquer my own fears and loneliness.

I will come out of the battle as the winner. Because of my faith. Because I am strong and because I am determined.

I am determined to move on with my life without you.

I choose the road where only the winners go…

And someday, I will bump into someone again. This time it’s for real.

And I love the thought.


Hmmm… it’s a nice piece of work… especially for a determined lady like you. Honestly I admired your courage and determination in moving on.

But for me, it doesn’t work that way especially if it’s been too long you’ve been together. Maybe because we have different experiences on it.

Within 7 years of memories, it’s hard not to look back and forget everything…for me, the least thing that I could do is to TREASURE it.

Sometimes it’s hard to walk away and pull out yourself on the rain even if you wanted to. ACCEPTANCE is the first key.

Remember when (a tribute to the old-timers)

To the old timers in IT... and also to the new ones... read on.

"Remember when... ? A computer was something on TV from a science fiction show. A window was something you hated to clean and RAM was the cousin of a goat... An application was for employment. A program was a TV show. A cursor used profanity. A keyboard was a piano. Memory was something that you lost with age. A CD was a bank account. And if you had a 3 1/2" floppy you hoped that nobody found out. Compress was something you did to the garbage not something you did to a file. And if you unzipped anything in public you'd be in jail for awhile. Log on was adding wood to the fire. Hard drive was a long trip on the road. A mouse pad was where a mouse lived and a backup happened to your commode. Cut you did with a pocket knife. Paste you did with glue. A web was a spider's home and a virus was the flu. I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper and the memory in my head. I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash but when it happens they wish they were dead!"

Insanity Check

When I got my first project implementation on a big telco company, a met someone whose charm is, let us say, “angelic”. Normally she used to walked and passed-by in front of my cubicle which is somewhere located near the restroom of the ladies. (An awkward place to be huh? :p )

Our first acquaintance was a disaster to me. I never imagine such charm and beauty have the courage to start a conversation with a stranger. She approaches me, introduces herself, gave her hand for a shake and said “keep seeing you around…” I was totally shocked and speechless that time. As I recover from the stunned, I became insane and was eager to find out more about her. I throw-off a couple of emails to her, and eventually we had an exchange of mails.

I found out the reason why she did the first move; simply because she notices me looking at her every time she passes by. (hey what can I do, I’m only human.) Anyway, this time I never let my guard off… so I replied to her. “How can I resist pausing my work… and can't help it but to look; when I know an angel is passing by.” (way to go huh! hehe)

Eventually we became friends, exchanging emails. Last year, I visited her on their office, not as stranger, but this time as her friend. I remember one of her email …she said “keep yourself sane by being insane for once in a while” :-)

having a hard day...

Lately I'm having a difficult day dealing with different uncontrollable events esp when emotions are involved... good thing a very special friend of mine is always bugging me with qoutes.

Just in case you're having a hard day too... this may help you out.

"When you slow down, step back a moment and put things in perspective, you can then move on with more efficiency. It only takes a moment to adapt and control how you respond."

Thanks cat (",)