prime gods

Today I received some nice pictures from my aunt who lives in Colorado. She sent it to me by email because that’s a faster way to send letters and pictures nowadays, instead of through post delivery. Anyway, I asked her for some printed pictures also so I can include it in our family albums. This is mainly for the benefit of my mother, who likes documenting just about everything.

You should see those pictures! I really liked the wonderful colors of the landscape pictures… My aunt had them taken when she visited this place somewhere in Colorado. She said she wanted to buy some Winter Park real estate so she simply had to go there. Good for her!

Last year, my Mom was not able to attend the wedding ceremony of my cousin Lalaine. As such, when the invitation for Lalaine’s love child’s baptism was received, all the members of the family came to welcome the newborn to the Christian world.

What caught my Mom’s attention at the residence of my cousin was the baby crib with similar features to that of Emily crib, I saw at the website. This is the crib made 28 years ago, by my grandfather, who was an expert carpenter. Mom recalled that she requested grandpa to make this crib for my brother. Since then, the crib has been transferred from home to home where there is a newborn in the family. My two younger sisters and I had used this crib of the generation too.

I talked to my brother and his friend who often hangs out at our house one day and I found out a lot about cars. You see, they both love cars - more than they love people! Not really, but hey! You get the point.

They shared their opinions about the different pros and cons of various cars. I noticed that they both are impressed with the Mustang because I have heard nothing but advantages of that car from them! Most of the other cars have a lot of disadvantages in their opinion. So they recommended it to me and they showed me the wonderful world of the Mustang. In my opinion, they should write a Mustang blog and earn lots of money with their knowledge on that car!

I don’t really know much about cars and I’m pretty much not interested in that area but after that talk with them, not only am I impressed with their vast knowledge on the topic but my interest in cars also increased. I usually thought of cars as masculine stuff, and that I shouldn’t think or be interested in that topic. So all this time, I thought that knowing how to drive is simply what I should focus my attention on. I never thought of cars the way my brother and his friend did. With this simple talk I had with them, I learned how to be open to different ideas since knowledge on a lot of things may be helpful to me in the future.

I was mortified when I saw my cousin and her boyfriend in my apartment, they were arguing about something, but before they could explain what had happened, I freaked out… I just saw my sketches of my ideal shower faucets on the floor!

I love designing my own bathroom, accessorize, curtaining and other stuff like that. But what broke my heart is when I saw my sketches lying on the floor with two people arguing beside it. When I got into my senses, I talked to them with an unruffled voice. They were blaming each other as to who dropped it. They were just trying to help arrange my things to surprise me.

Well, they did surprise me, only in a ghastly way. I hate it when my cousin goes against my wishes. I told her not to let any guys in my place, but she disobeyed me. Aside from that, they almost ruined my sketches! Luckily, it was still wrapped in plastic. So, I talked to both of them and told them to never mess up with my things especially my favorite ones, and secondly, if they want to surprise me, I hope it would not end that way again.

I still thanked them though for their good intention.

I’m seriously considering staying in one of those posh Condo Hotels and locking myself up there until I get a grip and decide on what I really want to do with my life.

My life is fine right now. I have a great and high-paying job, happy and complete family (a bit financially unstable though), and a nice home. But I guess people are really insatiable. They want to have all the cake and eat it too…

I want someone to share all those stuff with. As Piglet said, “It’s much more fun with two.” I absolutely agree.

My family and I have been planning to build a second home in my dad’s province as soon as my mom and dad’s pension resumes this 2009. We’ll be using that place mostly for personal use such as our vacation home, guest house, or for family reunions.

We all agreed to put up our second home in the modest amount of area in my dad’s hometown – the one with the white sand beach that was recently opened up for bidding for the public. We already made reservations and some down payment while the land there is pretty cheap and is currently under development. Better seize the getting while its still good. With the land developments there and the way people are marketing the area, the price per square meter may just up two times.

I can’t wait for 2009! It would be fun constructing and furnishing that beach vacation house with my entire family.

I’m a self-confessed obsessive compulsive. It has its good and bad side though. The bad side of it is in relationships. If you’re going to keep obsessing about the tiniest detail, you’d be mistaken as a nagger to the point of being a perfectionist; which tends to be true I guess.

For businesses and projects, being obsessive compulsive can help you a lot especially in areas where you need to be very meticulous such as in web development and programming. A single error can crash your program in a millisecond.

Anyhow, when it comes to my room and my things, I can be pretty obsessive compulsive. It’s more efficient, really. Having a tool storage, box, or cabinet for each type of things and knowing where what is helps me save time in searching for things I need especially in times of emergencies (e.g. you need an alcohol and band aid for the accidental bloody paper cut on your finger). It also gives me a soothing feeling to have some sense of control on my things.

Being obsessive compulsive can be a blessing or a curse. It depends on how you deal with it and use it.

As I’ve mentioned in my earlier post, we were able to close a huge deal with our client. Now all we have to do is ensure that we do our end by providing them with 30 workstations.

For this new setup, we will be buying new computers, and of course, we’ll be setting up the networking. We’re considering on buying a used cisco for our back up internet line in case something happens with our current line. After all, that was the demand of our client - a continuous and fast internet connection. Anyhow, our deadline is on February. Hope we can meet their expectations.

I collected all the belongings I left in our house/office a while ago since I won’t be staying there anymore. My brother was nice enough to drive me to and from the place with his Ford Torza Racing.

Halfway home, rain started to pour. It’s a good thing my brother has a premier tonneau cover. My things were not soaked with rain; I can’t imagine otherwise… all those important documents, my clothes, and some furniture sodden…

“Want a capresso?”

“Huh?” I asked over the phone.

“I’ll be having a capresso. Want to join me?” Nap, my college friend whom I used to have a really huge crush on, patiently replied.

Then it hit me, he’s inviting me for coffee! After five years of waiting, he finally mustered enough guts to ask me out. Well, what do you know? Some things are just meant to be. ^_^