lazy

i almost forgot i had this blog....i haven't updated it in a long time...and somehow it seems no one missed me...hmmmm???? does anyone ever read my posts???

women's vanity

I have yet to meet a woman who does not care about the way she looks.Of course,the degree of vanity varies from high maintenance to free and easy but everyone,young and old,look at themselves in the mirror. If any of them didn't care,they wouldn't even bother taking a glimpse. So,no one should underestimate the lure of fashion,pursuit of beauty and the allure of glamour . :-)

Rei Johanna

**my cute little niece**

It's a sad reality

I came across an article this morning that made me cry. It was about a writer who accompanied her grandmother to the hospital for chemo treatment. While she was sitting at the waiting lounge,she observed the other cancer patients. The writer described the various expressions from the faces of each patient.As she was observing them one by one trying to understand the situation they were in,her eyes came across a bunch of children wearing masks and a scarf to cover their bald heads. And upon seeing how young these patients were, tears fell from her eyes. These poor children should not be worrying about their lives...they should be at the park playing with other kids,or at school learning about the world we live in. And halfway through the article, I began to cry knowing exactly what the writer was trying to convey. Everyday at work,I come across a dozen of cancer patients of various ages. But what struck me the most when I read the article,was the fact that I have also encountered little kids with cancer. I had not realized the extent of my behavior towards them until now. I just looked at those kids the same way I looked at all the other patients at the hospital. I treated them the same way,as if those children weren't dying. As if they understood the severity of their situation. Sometimes,a patient asks a lot of questions and I just vaguely answer them. Remembering how inconsiderate I was of their situation made me cry even more---I should have said " I'm sorry" , I should have explained. I could have given them even a small amount of time to talk because compared to them, I know I have a LOT of time in this world but what they don't have is TIME. They just need someone to talk to because they're scared. They need to know that someone understands them and knows what they're going through. I told my friends at the laboratory about the article I read. They felt the same way as I did because their attitude towards these kind of patients were no different than mine. It took a simple article to remind us that this is part of what we signed up for when we took the job as Medical Technologists and as part of the health care system.

contentment

“One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it or not: what is the purpose of life? From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness”
gotaro

Dalai Lama quotes


“I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core ofour being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.”

Dalai Lama quotes

“Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase”

John Balguy quotes

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

Frederick Keonig quotes

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

Epicurus quotes

“What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life”

Hermann Hesse quotes

“God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and is cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it.”
rashaski

A. W. Tozer quotes

“God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and is cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it.”
rashaski

A. W. Tozer quotes

“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”


Dalai Lama quotes

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultiv”
— Dalai Lama quotes

“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach”

Lyn Yutang quotes

“Man never has what he wants, because what he wants is everything.”


C.F. Ramuz quotes

**birthday**

It's been a week since the Sinulog Festival,most of my relatives and friends have already gone home. I'm back with my busy schedule,and to be honest,I"m somewhat upset because until now I haven't received my salary!! It's very upsetting and frustrating!!

Anyhow,I don't want to dwell on that subject much longer, so I"m just gonna talk about my good friend's birthday! :-) YEY!!! Happy 26th Birthday,NENE!!!!!!!!!!!!! She hates it when I stress out her age! hahahahahha I was a bit upset,though when I found out she had to work 16 hours on her birthday---BOOOO!!! So I quickly went to the mall to buy her a mini cake and had her gift wrapped because I wanted to surprise her and let her know I haven't forgotten her birthday. I even got her a candle that plays a "Happy Birthday" tune. When I arrived at the laboratory, there she was ,the birthday girl, dishevelled and tired from a day's work---so I eagerly shouted "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" when I slammed the door open and it was just amazing to see her surpised face. :-)
CHEERS!!!! on your 26th BIRTHDAY,NENE!!!!!!!!!!!

pre sinulog stress

I just got off from work...'im tired but i promised myself that i would write an entry everyday--And i want to stick to that promise.
So,last night i slept early and woke up at around 7am.I couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to watch "Ring of the Nibelungs". I had no idea that Robert Pattinson was one of the cast. He's as good looking as ever! I really love his eyes and the way he stares. Anyway, i finished the movie in time for me to prepare for work. On my way to the hospital, i had to walk in the drizzling rain,bump into a lot of people (literally),and figure a way to get myself past the crowd because the street was filled with hundreds of people. By the time i reached the hospital, I was 44 minutes late and despite the cold weather I was sweating. Lucky for me,I wasn't so busy the entire shift,otherwise, i would have been in a crappy mood. My girlfriends wanted to go out tonight and join the festivities,but we later decided to save our energies for tomorrow. So, YEY! because i will be sleeping early tonight...I just have to wait for Geng's call and then it's goodnight for me. :-)
I hope everybody will have lots and lots of fun tomorrow....Can't wait for my henna tattoo------Be seeing you on the streets,people!! :-)
************mwahhhh*******************goodnight*************

busy week

geez! it's been a very busy week for me---and yes! I am complaining! :-) most of my time is spent in the hospital,working, or at home,catching up on my sleep---how pathetic is that. this kind of routine makes me miss you,geng :( i wish you'd come back earlier,so we can do stuff together,it'll surely take my mind off things for awhile. in the meantime,i guess i'll just have to deal with the situation myself---whew! there,thoughts out--now im going back to sleep coz i have to work later tonight---toodles! *mwah*

what a year it has been

While everyone seems to be busy creating their "thank you" blogs and prattle endlessly about how wonderful their 2009 lives were, here I am, wondering how i would start to describe the life I had last year. i don't mean to complain, I really don't, but i just can't think of anything worthy to write about---i can't even begin to say thank you because I'm really not thankful for last year--I wanted 2009 to end quickly. it was a year of problems, misery and apologies that I could only take so much. Tears were shed and too much pain was felt. Surprisingly though, it made me feel good about myself---it didn't make me hate life, contrary to what some people might have felt. I could honestly say,without a doubt, 2009 was the worst year in all of my 25 years. The worst yet the most productive year---i don't know exactly why i'm saying this but that's just how i feel. I felt a change in me because of what i had to go through. There were several things I learned and realized. And as i finish up this particular blog of mine, i can't help but smile at the thought that,last year may have been somebody else's "year" but i plan on making 2010 "my year"!!! CHEERS!!!