tHe bUg iN mE...

dang!!!

bored... sleepy... bored... sleepy

holy crap, i don't feel like working today...

all i want is to go home and have a good sleep...

lazy bug strikes again...

yesterday big B talked to me...

not that serious though, but he needs my answer ASAP...

what a surprise question, never did i expect that it'll be that soon...

he made me choose from my previous and current job post...

well, i told big B that i need time to give him an answer...

A week was given to me to think and decide...

gosh, an added burden for me... i am totally lost...

see, i am on the first stage of learning what really banking is and i haven't gone that far yet...

what the F*** am i going to do!!!

big B keeps on saying that i'm always welcome to come back and he's being generous to let me choose, well it will be overwhelming if it is really indeed rather than being simply said...

so confusing... still have a week though!!!

i think i have to depend on what will happen this coming week

if things will be well, then _______ and if not _______...

enough, i don't want to be stress out...

oh GOD, please help me, i need a sign...

OFW wOeS...

"Belittling The Overseas Filipinos"

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During the last couple of weeks, we have witnessed the strengthening of the peso against the dollar. Whether this strengthening is real or artificial does not matter. The fact is that the pesos' strengthening has adversely affected the Overseas Filipinos and their families. In school we were taught that a strong peso means higher purchasing power. In layman's term it simply means that with a strong peso we should be able to buy more goods and services. If that statement is true, the decrease in the dollar's exchange rate should therefore not worry the families of Overseas Filipinos in the Philippines since the decrease will be cancelled out by an equivalent decrease in the prices of goods and services. To maintain the present peso equivalent of their dollar remittances, Overseas Filipinos have to tighten their belts to be able to remit more dollars to their families back home. In the Philippines, the families of Overseas Filipinos also have to tighten their belts to make the best of what they received from family members abroad. However the laws of economics do not seem to apply in the Philippines. While the government has continuously announced that the economy is improving, this is not being felt at all by the consumer sector. In fact, instead of prices going down, prices of prime commodities continue to rise. The failure of the 'strong peso to provide better purchasing power has caused a double edged problem to the Overseas Filipinos and their families.

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But to Secretary Neri, Overseas Filipinos should even be thankful because they are not being taxed anyway, obviously referring to the aborted plan to tax the Overseas Filipinos' income. To him it is more important for government to provide a peso-dollar protection for the Filipino exporters because their peso earnings are getting smaller, unlike the overseas Filipinos whose remittances are, according to him, getting higher due to better quality jobs they land into. Neri sees the diminishing income of the export sector, but his eyes are closed to the Overseas Filipinos' dilemma. He thinks that the remittances are getting higher because Overseas Filipinos get higher pay for better jobs, but fails to see that Overseas Filipinos have to send more dollars to maintain the peso equivalent of what families back home are receiving. I wonder what could be the reason why it is too easy for cabinet members like Neri to belittle us Overseas Filipinos. They are aware that there are millions of us spread all over the globe; they know that if we want we can bring down the economy, and make the government officials fall to their knees; they know that if we cut our remittances by half for three consecutive months we can bring back the exchange rate to 56 pesos to the dollar or even higher and make the members of the Makati Business Club cry; they know that at any point in time we can make or break a sitting President. Yet why are they so brave to give us so little importance, if any? My history teacher in high school once told us that there is power in numbers. I believe him because I have seen it worked in several occasions, most recent of which are the two impeachment cases filed against GMA. Those two cases did not prosper because the opposition in the lower house did not have the number of votes needed. How about us Overseas Filipinos, do we have the strength in number that would make Malacanang tremble?

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The latest estimate places the number of Overseas Filipinos to about eight million. If on the average there are three voting members in each Overseas Filipino family, the eight million will easily translate to twenty four million votes - enough to send a presidential candidate to Malacanang. Do we have the number? The answer of course is yes. Yes we have the number, but we do not have the strength! I know it is sad to admit that while we Overseas Filipinos have all the power in our hands, we have not been able to use it. The reason is because up to now, we are still so disorganized; we are just like broomsticks scattered on the floor - sometimes stepped on, sometimes kicked to the corners, sometimes picked up and broken into pieces. And for as long as we remain scattered, the high and mighty, the Neris and his kind, will continue to step on us, kick us to the corners, or even break us into pieces. I can only hope and pray, that one day one of those kicks will be strong enough to awaken the sleeping giant in us. There is a need to wake up and use our strength......

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Received this article through email...

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This is the authentic truth...

The scenario shows how greedy our government is, don't yah think?...

Sudden decrease in our dollar exchange rate has not given any credit to our families back home...

why such commodities increase in prices? And why GMA keeps on bragging that our economy is getting better?

come to think of it, even a good economist will not agree, it's far beyond reality...

numbers of urban poor people are getting bigger and bigger...

foods and other basic commodities are getting higher and the government can't do anything about it...

OFW's and the whole Filipino nation is suffering...

Does anybody from our government cares?!?

Who cares about OFW's?

I wAs bEeN sNaTcHeD...

Yup, they snatched me from my current job post...

it'll be just for the meantime, at least for a month (i suppose!)

i will be filling the vacant post as Big B's assistant

urrrggggggg, darn thing!!!

as what i had posted months back, me and Big B had a little fight...

at first i was hesitant to agree, for i know him well...

but what can i do, yannie!!!

never did i expect that a sudden twist may happen...

see, i've been seating here for a week now

as i observe, he's trying to put 1 step forward

maybe (just maybe) to make me feel at ease or rather forget our sour past...

what ever it is!!!

i've learned my lesson, so i decided to stay cool and always keep a certain distance...

though considerably, sometimes i do give him a grin :-)...

hmmm, am i happy to be back?!?

well, that's one tough question...

anyhoo, just leave it that way, it's only 3 weeks and i wont be asking for more...
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On the other hand, life was not that easy...

as days goes by and simply flies

i feel the sudden gush inside of me...

i want to change something, i want something new, something exciting yet fulfilling...

more often when i am alone

i used to live in my own fantasy world...

maneuvering a fantasy life makes me feel worthy...

well at times, you'll love to live through the flight of imagination

but once you came back to reality

it's like somebody bang your head off...

i am not saying i am not happy with my life

actually, i am more than happy especially with my ever loving and supportive hubby...

with quote 'something is missing'...

there are times that it's hard to contemplate with life...

with the life ramblings, all we can do is to pray and move on...

We're putting our hopes up high...

nevertheless, we still have the guts to smile :-) and to stand still...

NeW...

i love the new look of my blog, don't yah like it?!?

just wanna have a little twist,

finally got the good one...

c yah guys, for more updates...

BaBy MaRaThOn?!?...

Yup, you've read it right!!!

Seldom do i talk about this kind of thing, but the marathon doesn't stop...

Darn thing!!!

The baby marathon (as what i so called it) starts last year with my fellow colleagues...

Big B's wife gave birth on August 2006

Mrs. S gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on December 2006

Mrs. D gave birth to a lovely baby girl on May 2007

Mr. S's wife gave birth to a wonderful baby girl on July 2007

Mr. H's wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy on August 2007

AnD wHo wOuLd hAvE bEEn tHe nExT?!?

Am i already left behind?!?

Am i ready to join the baby marathon?!?

Sometimes the feeling of emptiness and being out casted for some reasons make you feel out of the loop...

But we will not stop believing...

i know that one day our bundle of joy will come...

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To our little sac,

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we know that you really want to grow

but time and circumstances are considered though

we know it won't be long

so we will be waiting for you any time you are on

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we want you to know that we can't wait for that day

the day that you'll break the silence

and fill our world with tremendous joy and excitement

oh, you make our heart beats faster

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imagining you in our arms, caressing your very soft skin

and looking to your angelic eyes

you got my lips while your nose is from your sweet dad

this makes us more eager to have you soon and be touched with your sweetest smile

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But God only knows when will the clock ticks

The gift wrapped with love and tender care

we will be much thrilled in opening it

the gift of bundle of joy....

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Love,

mom & dad

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Above all trust GOD and Never worry about anything...

Believe and have Faith...

GrRrRrRrrrrr...

This doesn't mean that i'm mad or angry though...

something just came up from my playful mind...

Out of curiosity, by any chance have you felt a sudden hatred??? You feel like you don't like that person even if there's no apparent reason/s??? Probably there's something in him/her which makes you feel more awkward... You've tried to jive and to at least get along but still nothing seems to rule over... These scenario mostly happen with us---ladies!!! dunno if men do experience the same...

One point in time, i had that kind of comrade whom i've known sometime ago... whenever i see this person (thank god, we've not cross path for quite a long time now), i feel hate is rising on it's own, even if there's no issues concern... Is it envy? i think not, as far as i know i have nothing to be envied about... or maybe there's something which i'm not ready to affirm?!?

kinda confused?!?

For me that person is such a mess and it really sucks---what a hellah jerk!!!... sorry for being so frank, but i really can't help it... if chances are, i don't want to see neither hear anything about that jerk... want to be totally outta my world... i know i'm being irrational, but what i say is the mere fact of what i feel... bad me... but hey, i'm slowly trying to learn to at least accept that human, what so ever... sorry for i've been so over reacting, promise to keep my freaking mouth shut...

it's hard to fool one's self... but absolutely it's so good to be TRUE...

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Back to square 1...

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