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Ondoy

Posted on September 16, 2010 by greenbucks| 3 Comments

Ang Ondoy ay isa sa dalawang bagyo na rumagasa, kumitil sa buhay ng marami at sumira ng mga ari-arian ng ating mga kababayan noong isang taon.

Ondoy

Apektado din kami sa aming lugar lalo na ang aming mga kapitbahay. Masasabing “swerte” kami dahil hindi kami pinasok ng tubig baha pero hindi pa din ito garantiya na sa mga susunod pang Ondoy at Pepeng ay ganito pa din ang sitwasyon namin.

Maraming aral na natutunan agkatapos ng napakalaking unos na ito. Sinasabi nga na ang mga ito ay tila bagang malaking dagok, malaking pagsubok na hindi lamang ang mga naapektuhan ang mga nagmuni-muni ng kahulugan ng buhay bagkus lahat ng tao na naging saksi kung gaano kalaki ang pinsalang tinamo ng ating mga kababayan.

Sana wala nang katulad nito na mangyari muli. Dahil ito ay mula sa kalikasan, dalangin ko na sana nakahanda ang mga dapat maghanda upang hindi na kasing laki at kasing dami ng nasirang buhay ang magiging sanhi.

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Thoughts on Ondoy

Posted on September 16, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Ondoy was one of the two major typhoons that hit the country last year. The onslaught of flood waters took many lives, destroyed a lot of properties like homes that took years to build, vehicles which they needed to have vehicle insurance quotes for repair (which is not easy to do when their belongings have been washed away by the flood waters?) and personal belongings.

Ondoy took with it people’s dreams and hopes.

This tragic event brought out the best and the worst in our people.

I personally know friends who have been on the path of the deluge, whose homes were almost destroyed, whose lifelong personal belongings washed away, and loved ones they almost lost.

Everyone had a story to tell.

Everyone had some cleaning up to do one way or another, depending on how the onslaught of flood has affected them.

People tried to put their lives back together.

People tried to see the good this tragedy brought despite the major setbacks they went through.

People’s resolves were tested.

I sincerely hope that everyone has learned a thing or two about this and sincerely pray that none like this will happen again.

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Retrospection About Career Choices

Posted on August 22, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Talks about a possible career path with the young people I work with sparked up an interest in a retrospect of “what I wanted to be when I grow up” episode for me.

Full of enthusiasm, I plunged into the corporate world a few months after graduation. I of course expected to see modern office furniture, well-lighted cubicles, visits to the varied restaurant branches the office has and friendly officemates.

I was wrong.

Instead, the office was in a cramped old home of the restaurateur with not so adequate light, demanding boss and almost non-existent space to move about without stepping on someone else’s toes. Save for the free lunch, I decided to quit and be something else rather than a pencil pushing corporate slave.

Looking back (again), I think if I stayed on, I would have been still on a corporate ladder, making my way up steadily one step at a time. But then again, I wouldn’t be able to meet these wonderful children and their families that I have worked with for several years now.

And I wouldn’t trade that for anything the corporate world will offer me 🙂

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Cupcakes Para sa mga Kaklase

Posted on July 14, 2010 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

Malaki ang aking dismaya sa Maynilad (na naman!) dahil noong Linggo pa kami walang tubig. Hay naku (insert roll eyes emoticon here) talaga naman.

Anyway, ayaw ko muna isipin yan ngayon dahil mas mayroon pang mga nasa kondisyong hindi maayos kaysa sa amin kaya hindi ko na lang itutuloy ang aking rant.

Heto ang ilan sa mga cupcakes na binake ko kahapon.

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Ang aking unico hijo ang nagpakita ng pagka-dismaya dahil birthday namin ngayon at dapat dadalhin niya ang mga cupcakes na yan sa school para sa mga classmates niya. 30+ ang aking binake para sa klase niyang 22 na bata.

Bukas wala din sila pasok dahil kelangan pang gawin ang poste ng kuryenteng natumba malapit sa paaralan nila kaya wala pa silang kuryente bukas. Ibig sabihin hindi pa din tuloy ang kanyang mini-party.

Mabuti na lang at may kuryente na kami kaya inilagay na lang namin muna sa refrigerator para hindi mapanis kundi baka mapurga kami sa cupcake, hahaha.

Dismayado man siya at pati na din ako, isang pagpapasalamat pa din ang aming panalangin dahil sa kabila ng mga pagsubok sa buhay, nanatili kaming magkakasama, nagmamahalan at nagtutulungan.

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Clean as You Go

Posted on July 4, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

As I wait for the other family members to finish getting ready so we could go out and finish our weekend tasks (buying groceries, haircut, facial appointment for the blackheads) and Sunday mass obligation, I patter here and there tidying up.

Clean as you go is a mantra that people should practice. While the food is simmering and waiting to be cooked, wipe the kitchen counters. While the clothes are in the washer, there are a hundred more things waiting to be done and fixed.

Our home is far from being considered clean and neat. I just convince myself that as long as we have warm home-cooked food on the table, the children have clean and ironed uniforms for school plus have done their homeworks and projects, we have clean clothes in the closet and we can find where the house keys are, then we are good.

I really hope I will not stress myself out by saying:  “I need to clean out the extra closets and sort the unused clothes.” or “I have to remove all the books in the library and discard those that I can live without.” 😀

There is this interesting video: “How to Tidy Up in 15 Minutes“. Very helpful.

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