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Kris Kringle Day 1

Dec 20 2011
- something funny and noisy day!
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(photos taken by our superb photographer boss!)


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Kamay Kainan buffet desserts

We had our PMIT (Publications, Multimedia, IT) Christmas celebration at Kamay Kainan at Market! Market!


The place has a comfy and not awkward rather than that 'formal' feel. Nevertheless, Perfect place to indulge Pinoy delicacies!

Desserts offered were healthy too! Hmm! Good news for sugar-consume conscious folks!
Kamay Kainan Market! Market! offers veggie salad, green mango with bagoong (hmm i think this doesnt count as dessert hehehe), gelatin (the orange one upper right), pandan salad (super sweeet), puddings, sorbetes, fresh fruits like pineapple, sweetened banana, etc



Overall, yummy and very sulit experience!

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REVIEW: Etude House Code B Dear Darling Ultra Firming Lips

COLOR: OR201

I told Miss Etude Lady that what I need is an almost natural color for everyday use.

I dont like pink much but this shade really got me.

It is more expensive than Look at My Lips line because of its firming feature. Plus, Miss Etude Lady told me that it doesnt wears off easily compared to it LAML line.

Speaking about firming powers, hmm .. i think I could feel its 30% effectivity after using it for like four months. :)

The stick looks like peachy pink. Then looks a little orange-y when applied but naturally blends soft :)

It doesnt darken lips too. Smell is not strong-just the right at it :)

After wearing it the whole night, lips feel plump the next day unlike other products that chap lips. :)

I write a review on this because I am simply happy with it.

People notices too. Well, it is too personal too reveal comments. hihihih.


Anyway, recommended? Ow yes :) In fact, i want to purchase stocks of it!

I am so blessed I got this one stock left! It was waiting for me. hehehheh. It costs 300pesos+ (almost 400) but it really is worth it. God bless Etude House!

Etude House Yogurt Peel ( Nuts Mix ) - Review

My Yogurt Peel tube is about to be emptied and not a drop was a waste!

Nuts mix version is actually for dry skin but it wont actually oilify(if I may use the term) your skin.

smell : very feminine but not so strong. lovely!

the small beads scrubs the dead skin cells off. Yeah, you got to feel that! It does gentle peeling but not visible like harsh exfoliants (??) do. So, recommended to use everyday.

It's perfect for the face after a long day of foundation. Skin looks brighter and prettier after rinse! .. and talk about the smoothy softy feel ..

For weeks now, when I check my face at the mirror every time i wake up on the morning, I feel brighter supple baby skin. That's what a great exfoliation is! No harsh and ugly effects!

*sigh* This one's one nice facial scrub!

God bless the chemists of Etude! ♥

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Experience Grace at my Church!

October 1, 2011

So I was reading this book, “What’s so amazing about Grace” book. In some chapters, Philip Yancey shared some stories of how gay people were treated on some Christian Churches - how they ban and how they treat them unfairly.

I was thinking ‘tsk tsk’. I believe God has allowed such things to let people realize to what level did they grasp His message of ‘Love one another’ and understand to be like Jesus who ‘love sinners, invited sinners to Him’ .

Somehow, I was wondering, how is my Church at this issue. I mean, we have no gay members (as far as I am aware of), and I havent encountered visitors like such.. hmmm. So I left this question hanging.

And just this Thursday, during our Midweek Service. A new visitor stood up in front for thanksgiving. He was a young man, he was honest when he said, I know its pretty obvious my gender is unsure - something like that. It is his birthday and he thank the Lord He brought him there.

I started to wonder. Hmm.. How will my pastors react on this?

To my overwhelm, my pastor stood up and got the mic…. He welcomed our visitor, sang Happy Birthday with the whole congregation and even stated that it doesnt matter what he might be. What matters - hey! Jesus died for him too! Our senior Pastor even confirmed this and shared that He believes there is something great that God has planned for our young visitor just like everyone else.

Pastora lead the challenge to pray the acceptance prayer and about 7 of our visitors including this young man accepted the challenge. They recognized Jesus as their Saviorthat night and declared that they will live for Him too!

Amazing things happen to Church!

Woa! I knew it! I love my Church! I love my God! ♥

memories with dear Ondoy

So it's been 2 years and a day since that killer flood came. Ondoy, as it is remembered till today, got many Filipinos and their houses swim in chocolate colored flood.

Where was I at that time?

September 26, 2010, Saturday- if I am not mistaken, at around 9am, I was on my way to my school at Taguig. Thinking it was just another rainy day, I was surprised when I received a text message from my friends who were already in the campus. They said classes were cancelled.

I was about to head back home when incredibly, the tricycle drivers said that theycant travel back - It was too flooded! Woah. it was only few minutes when I left there! So thinking that therain will soon stop, I decided to go inside the mall. I texted my papa, hows the situation on Makati and asked if he could fetch me. He asked me to wait and I was relieved.

I sat at the Foodcourt reading my devotional notes and ordered pizza and pasta.

When it was about around 12pm, I started to panic. I started to grumble thinking that I am wasting time. Should have been sleeping at home. I dont have enough sleeping hours those days. It was about Finals and thesis week.

I went down to the bookstore and read my bible. I was amazed when I took a glance at the window. Woah! THe rain is so heavy that it looks like it is snowing. I wanted to cry now, I told God. One thing I want in the whole world at that time to go home. I am so sleepy. u_u

Time flew to 3pm and I decided I will be going home no matter what. My papa cant fetch me anymore because of the flood. When I reached the village, I saw people walking, flood up to their knees. I was so scared. I cant do that! But i didnt stop. I really want to go home. I want to see my mama already - to exagge things.

So poof I went! I secured my phone - i need communication when things go worse! As I lusong sa flood, I kept on praying, yet I kept on thinking - Whats happening to the world?! I started to panic more when the water started to rise up above my knees! I started to tell God, Why me, Lord? Why?

When I reached my beloved house, seeing my mama opening the door for me, I could not feel more relief! I am overloaded with it!

When I watched the news, I was surprised. I didnt know that I am luckier - or more blessed.People lost homes, properties, got drowned, stranded at their houses' roofs, died that day. I will not elaborate more on the depressing stuffs.

At the end of the day all I could say was, thank you Lord, you saved me :'D

And now, September 27 2011, Thypoon is rummaging the country again. I am thankful I am safe home. Let's not forget to pray for people who suffer.

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Check out my review on the products :)

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the beauty of the sky at the beauty of Gil Puyat at a Friday night

from the 26th floor of Burgundy Corporate Tower.

the bldg at the left is the AXA bldg. while straight right is the RCBC tower.

those triplet ones .. hmm .. pretty not sure what the name is.

that heavy long traffic you see at a Friday night. ☺

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Luck?

No. LUCK

Let me explain,

Everything - all these things people call "LUCK" did not come from or cause of physical things - fortune plant, luck necklace, most of all- the Buddha figurine.

All these are BLESSINGS that come from GOD ALONE.

HE ALONE PROVIDES :) Mind you, God is a jealous God. Let us not thank or might as well, regard any material as the cause or resource of good things. :)

walk with Him righteously and He shall fulfill the desires of Your heart.

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

I am BLESSED. I didn't do anything to deserve all these. The simple reason is, I Have A BIG GOD. I am in love with my Creator. I recognize Jesus as my Lord, Savior, Provider. I gave my life to Him. I live for Him. Put my heart on doing things for Him. He loves me back more than I could ever measure!

I believe, that He wants you too! Just tell Him .. now!

Everything just came into the right place. God loves unconditionally. - walang kundisyon!

I am saying this because there are a number of people already who tells me,"ang swerte mo!" (You're so lucky) because of particular things (specifically fast job), that I myself is still at awe.

But ok, do not be mistaken that I am arguing. I am merely explaining. :)

"Not Luck, - BLESSINGS!" -> I will not get tired of responding to anyone to let them recognize the goodness of GOD :)

Savings bank account with passbook for starters

oh well, I've been looking for the Philippine bank with the cheapest minimum deposit for Savings account with Passbook aside from BDO. Plus, important factors are first, it must be convenient - open even on weekends; and safety- has branches even on malls and are open after 6:00pm (after office hour).

Ive been Googling for almost a half the day yesterday yet did not have the perfect answer!

Most banks require P10000 as initial deposit - not for me! These are for big-time salary-ied and savers already! hahah

I did not also have enough information and reviews from bloggers.

Well, just this morning, my beloved father gave me the answer. - CHINABANK!

Chinabank's initial deposit requirement is only P1000.

Plus, Chinabank has branches on certain SM malls which mean, they are open even on Saturdays (some are not open on Sundays ) - convenience and safety!

- Perfect for me and for everyone who are starting to earn and wants to save for investment.

For more reliable info, here's the link:

Chinabank Passbook Savings details

and yea, today is their 91st Anniversary. Happy Anniversary Chinabank!

:D God bless our investments!

Passport Delivery

tadan! Finally, after three weeks and three days, my much awaited little book came!

Ye, after all the anxiety i had on application, Im now all smiles :)

I wasnt aware that delay of delivery is possible. After all, 1,200 + 120 pesos is not so cheap. I panicked on the night of 13th of July after my mom reported that no package arrived. Then came the second day .. still none, third day (15th), none again! .. then it came to my senses that I should follow up this already to the delivering company.

It was 15th when I called and knew that my lil book wasnt forwarded to them yet by DFA. Woah! What a relief, I thought they have lost it by mistake, etc as what I have read from blogs when I Googled "Delay Passport Delivery". The woman on the line also told me to expect the package by Monday after DFA forwarded it to them probably the next day.

And so I stopped thinking about it, planned my weekend, and so on.

But to my suprise, early this morning, as my mom was about to approach the water delivery men that just came as well, she shouted "Ayan na, 2GO!" (Here it is, 2GO!) Heheheh.

I believe God just want me to feel happier than usual on receiving my first passport. heheheh ☺

Well, if yours is delayed too, better call your delivery man right now to follow up :) Would make you feel better ☺

What's so Amazing about Grace?

Just had this afternoon! D' the last few days, I had an urge to go to the bookstore to find something new to read every night after a long day of work. Though I had a Doraemon comicbesides my bible laying on my bed at night. Heheh.

I kept on talking to God as I browse and examine each book from the Christian section, "What Lord? What book?".

What capture me is the "There is nothing we can do to make God love us less." - GRACE. How sweet. I want to understand it more. Especially that there are a lot of times that its so hard for me to forgive myself when I commit mistakes towards God.Guilt. He told us that this is the thing He never want us to bear. I believe this book is the reason He told me to go to the bookstore.

I remember Philip Yancey is one of the writers of Our Daily Bread which I use for my morning devotions :)

Anyone who has read it yet? Ive read the reviews an Im excited to read it whole!

Knowing my way. Learning from disguised unexpected stuffs.

Well you see, I studied in Parañaque and Pasay during highschool then inTaguig during college. I stayed on each place for such a time that I learned the routes there and here. It wasnt that many.

So I had my OJT last November to February in Makati. After graduation, I started to have my work in the city too :)

God works in mysterious and unbelievable ways. I had just proved it. I am in awe.

Tell you what ..

I hate being late.

I ride the train every morning to get to the office. PNR train’s schedule is every after 30mins. But after the 9:17am train (Bicutan station), the next train will be at 10:17am already! No 9:47am trip! When I was an ojt trainee, I am expected to be in the office by 10am.

There was this time when I missed the 9am train cause of the heavy traffic and I am really pissed off. I cant wait for the 10am train anymore! We will have a meeting that morning! I will be late! I cant be late! I am pissed of all-over! To be honest, my heart is really in a bad mood. I keep complaining, praying. “Lord, why? Why let things such as this”

The thing is.. I do not know my way in my Makati office if not by train. So I called my dad for directions. He told me to ride the bus with the sign of Ayala ibabaw then ride jeepney with Ayala route. I keep worrying if the bus will take me where I supposed to be at. The jeepney station was too far from where the bus stop is! I didnt ask anyone where the jeeps are (yeah, bad mood still); I just observe where people in corporate attires go then finally found the jeepney line near the gasoline station!

I was silent before God as I made my way to the office. But I am still hoping that I wouldnt miss the company meeting. My whole spirit still believes that God is in control no matter what.

When I reached my destination- Las! Meeting is cancelled.

……

I learned then that God is testing me. ‘Twas like He’s asking “How much do you trust me?”. I keep telling God I am sorry u_u. I admit I was impatient.

What’s more, I just also realized that God wants me to learn the other routes and options how to get to the office besides the train! Since then, I dont panic anymore when I miss the train!

Now, I am already working at the same company for a month now. I had learned lot of options not only getting to Makati but also on getting home. There are these much expensive but a quicker route, route that will let me drop by a shop, route I would wanna take when I want to eat my fave fried noodles, etc. Tell you what, I just learned one just last Friday so I invited my two girl friends to have dinner since it’s near their office. You see, Makati is one nice big city. :) With many route options from or to my Parañaque home☺

God uses many circumstances in disguise to teach us practical things. He is always in control. I pray that I would never ever forget about this anymore. You do too! ☺

The once OJT experience of my life

The moment I step into the office for my interview was the time I felt ‘I wanna work here’. It’s not the beauty of the place and such. I just liked the atmosphere and that’s it. I didn’t know then that there is where I am gonna experience my dream OJT.

Honestly, I view OJT before as a very scary thing. I mean, I always worry: what if Im not going to love my job? What if my boss is evil? What if I fail? Well, after working at Interpac, all these worries become a wisp of smoke. Well, God is just a prayer away!

Working as a trainee ran smoothly as I enjoyed programming. My supervisor is a real master programmer in the flesh! He taught me the necessities in real world programming. He can debug errors I try to fix for hours (even days) in just minutes! I’ve been trained with very important skills and tips of debugging a program. I also learned to edit web pages the web master way. I was exposed to very high level of programming that I didn’t even know it exists.

I was also trained and exposed to real world of business scenarios like product awareness seminar, bank transactions, the nature of such invoices, product installation to site, issuing receipts to companies, following-up business with other companies, etc. I met a lot of people who work in big companies.

Plus, with these I had full experiences of travelling around Makati, Ayala to Ortigas, Ayala to Libis, etc. I learned a lot of routes. Yes, it isn’t always that I commute like that. I don’t ride MRT, LRT, bus alone before. I also learned standing in the bus without tripping! I really felt that these all part of the training to the real world after graduation.

Eventually, I felt comfortable hanging around my officemates. My bosses are the best. We never had boring lunch together. Even when everyone is preoccupied, we still find moments to stir up the atmosphere. We had many fun times. We even often play with my boss’ DLSR. We had the same passion of taking photos . I learned a lot even during our storytelling time. I guess every lunch we have different topics: history, politics, family life, love life, even super natural stuffs! Oh really, my 500 hours were worth it!

written March 04, 2011

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Dont try to make your heart love God. Just give it to Him.


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witness of Christ's love

Be a light (Eph 5:8)

- through smiles, kind words and deeds, and diligent work.

These are opportunities to share the good news of Jesus Christ ♥

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My dfa experience (inspired by)

So I was staring for weeks, at the requirements Ive printed from the epassport website. Valid ID. I have no VALID ID! Yes, rumours are true, Postal ID is not honored in DFA. As I understood, a BIR TIN Card is one of the valid id list. It wasnt easy actually, I had to first, transfer my RDO (Revenue District Office) to Makati from Taguig and I have to wait for 5 working days! That’s the only time I could have my BIR TIN card there!

I had to cancel my first appointment because of this.Then after being sure that I’ll get my TIN card today, I proceeded with printing my appointment form last night.

I feel excited and I keep on praying for it (i imagine stuffs like “lack requirements- come back again next time!”). I dont want to compromise spending money and time. I planned to be early in the office to accomplish my unfinished task so I’ll be all set before going to BIR and prepare the other requirements. When I got into the offfice, I had time to relax, freeze my face in front of the aircon while singing In my Dream (by SJ main vocalists) .. heheh. While I close my eyes, I believe and felt that God will let me feel His power of Promise today!

….. Before we leave for dfa, heard from one of my boss(es) that there is a digitized bir tin card aside from the paper card i have, but im not sure if he is sure .. heheh. and so i got paranoid again. I researched about it but then i didnt have enough info about it.

Yet no, I remember I already I placed this burden in God’s hands and He told me “dont take it back”.

My appointment is 5pm today. Same with my office buddy, David. We go through all the steps together, though he only have to renew his passport. It was only quarter to 4 oclock when we got there but then we started to go through the steps already (not like as what mentioned to the email :)

I feel very tensed as I wait for my turn for STEP 1 (Checking of requirements). I keep on talking to Jesus “Lord, I trust you completely with all my heart”. And He didnt left me, I know.

The woman on Step 1 was really Cory Aquino look alike. She is kind hearted and considerate. I discovered that my BIR TIN Card which I waited for weeks is only one of the secondary requirements! Oh my Goolay. Good thing I brought my old school id (with digital signature and photo which i believe makes it ‘valid’) and it saved me! ow no, God did! I feel so happy! I just brought it just in case, but i didnt imagined it’s gonna be of use ☺ She then asked for my E1 (Thank God I brought it!), NBI Clearance and of course the NSO BC.

Then we preceded to the cashier and the rest of the steps. We just waited for atleast 10mins before our queue no. to be called allowing us to fix our stuff & talk about random things.

My photo has to be taken and I am having a bad hair day. maygalee. I look so panget in the photo but its ok, my heart has no space for disappointments :) The employee seems new (meaning not mataray) so I felt confident. I smiled at her saying thank you and responding with warm “welcome”, she gave me a relieved smile. n_n

DFA’s passport system is so convenient :)

We finished about 6:02. woah! Hassle free so true!

ok .. so this is inspired by http://prookie.blogspot.com which I read last night. thanks to her, had some ideas and tips on how the process will be :)