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Entries for November, 2006
Araw ng Sabado -------------------------- Mahigit BEINTE KWATRO ORAS akong gising noong Sabado. Mula pagkagaling sa opisina ay derecho akong nagsilbi sa Parish Renewal Experience (o PREx) sa kalapit na baranggay hall sa amin. Naroon ako upang makinig, maghain ng pagkain sa mga kalahok, makikanta at makisayaw, at maglinis ng lugar. Kaligayahan ko rin kasi gawin ang mga bagay na yan para sa Simbahan. Umaga pa lamang ay nabalitaan kong dinala sa Makati Med ang isang malapit na kaibigan dahil sa Dengue. Limang araw na palang nilalagnat si Abet, at ngayon lang dinala sa pagamutan. Nagsimula na akong mag-alala dahil sa kaka-text ng kanyang kapatid na si Nes. Kaya naman kinagabihan ay tumulak ako pa-Makati Med upang tignan ang sitwasyon ni Abet. Nagpaalam muna ako kay Kate at Clyde, dahil alam kong may responsibilidad akong manatili sa seminar na iyon. Patuloy ang pagtetext ko kay Nes habang nasa daan. Sa pagdating ko sa emergency room ng pagamutan, nakita kong nakaupo si Abet sa kama. Maputla, at maraming rashes. Pero bukod doon ay mukha syang normal. Nakikipag-biruan pa nga sa akin, at nakikipagtawanan. Parang walang sakit. Nagbabakasyon nga lang daw sya, biro ng kanyang ina. Isang magastos na bakasyon. Bloopers. Dumating ang nurse, at sinabing maya-maya ay ililipat na ng kwarto si Abet. Sa 2nd floor. Sinamahan ko si Nes sa taas upang tignan ang lugar na lilipatan. Hindi sya isang pribadong kwarto, pero pwede na rin. Nung pababa na kami, pinindot ko ang buton ng elevator pababa. Matagal kaming naghintay. At sa di malamang kadahilanan, mukhang nilagpasan kami. At naghintay pang muli. Siguro kung bumaba na kami sa hagdan, nasa baba na kami. At pagkaraan ng 10 minuto, Dumating na ang elevator, at nakasakay rin kami. At sa kabobohang-palad, mali pa ang nababaan namin. 1st floor. Wala rin, bumaba rin kami sa hagdan. Amf.  Nilipat na rin si Abet pagakaraan ng ilang minuto. At di kalaunan, umuwi na rin ako upang magpahinga. Araw ng Lingo --------------------------------- Medyo tanghali na rin ako nagising dahil sa sobrang pagod. Nakatanggap ako ng tawag mula kay Tita Merly, alalang-alala dahil bumaba na sa 42 ang platelets ni Abet. Kinakailangan na nya ng mga donors ng dugo dahil posibleng magkaroon ng blood transfusion (pag umabot daw sa 20 platelets). Kaya naman nag text brigade ako kung kani-kanino, lalo na sa mga taong simbahan. Naghanap ako ng may Type A+ na dugo (bihira pala ang may ganito). Pagkaraan ng ilang oras ay dumaan ako sa PREx upang magtanong. At pagkaraan noon ay dali-dali akong pumunta sa hospital at boluntaryong nag donate. Type O+ nga pala ako. Common. Marami ang nagboluntaryo: mga kaibigan, kasama sa trabaho, at mga kaklase ni Nes at Adrian. Pero konti lang ang napili dahil kung hindi underweight, may sipon/ubo o di kaya'y umiinom at nagyo-yosi. Swerte at malusog ang pangangatawan ko kahit na hirap sa trabaho. Ikatlong beses ko nang magdonate. Dalawang taon na yata ang nakakaraan nun, buwan ng Oktubre. -------------------------------------------------- Habang nasa tabi ako ng kama ni Abet, naisip ko na napakalaki pala ng dapat ipagpasalamat ko sa Poong Maykapal. Kahit na hirap ako sa trabaho at dinadagsa ng kung-anu-anong problema ngayon, nananatiling matatag ang katawan ko, at malinaw ang aking isipan. Marahil minsan napapaiyak na lang ako at nagrereklamo sa Kanya, "LORD! Bakit ba to nangyayari sa akin?!" Marahil gusto ito ng Panginoon, ang iiyak natin sa kanya ang mga problema't hinaing, at lalong maging dependent sa kanya. Mula roon ay lalo tayong magiging mas matatag. |
Mamaya ng konti ay flight ko patungong Bacolod. MAGBABAKASYON AKO! wahahaha!!! ano kayang meron dun? Dapat sulitin ang 2 araw na leave ko (plus Sabado at Linggo.) Unang beses kong makaka-alis ng Luzon, at unang beses ko rin makakasakay ng eroplano.  Maraming First time experiences toh... |
 Hi There. Welcome back to reality!How's vacation you might say. It was fun! But it drained out my energy. I only asked for 2 days of leave, which left me tired because I had to get back to work just a couple of hours after I arrived in Manila. But it's worth all the trouble. Libre ba naman eh! And I really had a good time in there: from the nice people around, neat place, picturesque views, delicious food and many more. Anyway, I will tell what happened there next time, for I am still busy with things around since when I was gone. I will do a 3-post story (one for each day). Starting from our flight from the Manila airport and back. Back to work. Eventhough I had only three hours of sleep since I arrived back in Manila, I had to get back to work and fix some things I left behind. Surprisingly, in contrast to my expectations, our client have been looking for me on those times I've been away. I was confused. He even emailed me, confirming his approval to my leave. But I don't know why my boss was a little furious about that, because he thought I just went absent without leave. So I forwarded him our client's e-mail of approval. It was sad to say that our client gave up on me. Maybe he saw that I cannot do the project anymore. So they decided to hire another guy to do the website for them, but I will still do the ebay business for them. It's a blessing that the client stayed, and my work got a lot lighter. But the bad part there is that, I lost their trust that I can do such heavy projects. Now I don't know if my boss will still renew my contract after my probationary period. May God help me. Enjoy some pictures for now.  |
Hala. Di ko na nagawa yung Negros trip entry ko hehehe. There were millions of things going on around here, and I just can't look for a time to write it down. Anyway, Last weekend was the Hero TV's event. And again, I was a volunteer marshall just like last year. It was fun and tiring as usual. ---------------------- Also about last week, my eye bags got a little worse due to lack of sleep, again. Since Monday, I had only about 2-three hours everyday because I need to make a presentation, made from Macromedia Flash, for our Youth Ministry. As the days passed by, I started to think if it's all worth it. I was getting tired as the weekend comes near. Sunday came when our group have to show the presentation at the end of every mass in our local parish. I finished the presentation at noon (and I was so late for my marshall-ing at the Hero TV event). I passed by the Church just to upload the Flash file to the Church's PC. Then one of them would just play the movie for me. and I'm off to the event. Evening. I went walking by the street going back home, I passed by with some fellow ministry members. They were smiling at me and started clapping at me. They said I really did a good job! And some even have got touched and cried. I never know such simple presentation could do such thing to anyone. I thought it's just a piece of... well... like a trash. It's was not really good, at least for me. But looking at them, I can say that all my restless nights were all worth it. And I'm proud to say I did a great job indeed, for my Church. |
