A Career With Ramcar

With regards to the "I Wish I Got That Job" series, well, I screwed it up good. Bye-bye Accenture!

Right now, I'm waiting for results from Ramcar. Yep... I decided to pursue my career with them. I'll be a SAP Trainee. After 3 years, I'll be a SAP Specialist (well... at least that is the goal of the company for me...).

What's really good about it is that it's just 3 jeeps away (15-20 minutes), it's got free parking, and it's got something to do with programming. Plus, the pay is relatively good, although I'll be facing a 3-year bond worth two million pesos.

Hope they give me a ring... I need a job soon...

I Am Not A Hopeless Case!!!

I did it again! This time, I confessed. Same game, different situation. Same problem.

Synopsis: She told me not to buy another card. I bought another card. I confessed nearly 24 hours later.

But now, I declare THAT I AM NOT A HOPELESS CASE! This WILL be solved.

Tangina... ayoko pa man din na malungkot baby ko... lalo na 'pag ako yung dahilan!

Ergo, a set of goals have been personally set upon myself to counteract the series of events that have deteriorated my relationship with Katrina May Chua Porras.

Immediate goal: Thirty (30) days without conflict. Effective from the 9th of May 2004 until the 8th of June 2004, no conflict due to personal irresponsibility or immaturity shall arise. Failure to comply will be penalized.

Mid-term goal: Noticeable change in attitude, especially with regards to maturity and responsibilities, within two (2) months.

Long-term goal: Get married with Katrina, have kids, live a good life.

Penalty: No form of personal leisure for thirty (30) days, effective from day of violation. Kahit snake sa cellphone bawal. Immediate goal is also reset to day one, which is the day after the service of penalty.

I will make sure these will be implemented strictly by myself.

Failure to do so... means that I do not love her.

It takes discipline to love, and love will fuel my discipline.

War And Deception

Yep... I'm the bad guy in this story. You see, deception is war, and war is deception. Whether you like it or not, any form of deception, be accidental, incidental, or a mix of both, is still an act of war.

Now what if you meant to deceive, but not make war? Still wrong; still an act of war.

Here's my case. I was going to meet up with Kat in Makati and I found myself with time to kill. When she told me she was going to write an exam, I thought, well, I can sidetrack - play just one video game.

Problem is I know she's irritated with it, so I thought that if I asked, I'd get a "no". Mode of action? Hide. Maybe I could get away with it.

WRONG!

Minutes later, I got my cellphone with 9 missed calls on it. Initial reaction was "oh shit". Mode of action? Rush. Talk. Tell.

Right... but I killed the day already. What ensued was a fight. The rest was history. Logic: who wouldn't fight you after you deceived that person?

Moral lesson: a relationship at this level should be based on trust, not deception. Love and trust go together.

So if you have a hobby (or vice) that your partner might not like, still ask. Magpaalam. Hiding it is declaring a secret war on your partner.

Now, time for me to start growing up again...

Seventeen Months Later...

Here's something from Billy Joel...

"Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times; I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are
Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
I don't want clover conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.
I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are"

I love you still, Katrina May Chua Porras!

Finding Nemo - Palawan Version

I went to El Nido Resorts in Palawan with my family and relatives. Very nice... a 5-star island resort with buffets every meal, swimming pool, snorkeling, island hopping, scuba diving, and kayaking.

Anyways, one of the best parts was when I went snorkeling over the corals. Aside from meeting plenty of Dory and Scarface fishes (refer to cartoon), I was able to meet a couple of Nemo-lookalikes.

It was cool! They got this straw-ish house, and they barely leave it. It's strange though... they're really protective fish. I mean, like in the cartoon.

I swam down to their house to get a closer look at the clownfish. I saw "daddy", and 3 "kids". When my face was less than 2 feet away from their home, "daddy" came rushing out and confronted me - staring at me, waiting for me to move forward.

Didn't move forward though, but bro, I guess, got too close to one of their homes on his scuba dive. He mentioned that the clownfish continuously charged into his goggles! Cool!

Anyways, it was a fun experience - something I might go back to in, say, 5 years maybe... in a honeymoon suite.