I’m changing my blog’s name from sTALKs to The Stalker, the main reason being I want it to have a niche. Hahaha! I don’t know if I’m going to be more active in the next days, weeks, months, but I’m definitely trying to make my blog more useful (ermmm).
So, there you go. From now on, it’ll be more ranting and ranting. HAHAHA. 50% kidding. Hope you learn more from The Stalker in the coming days.
Bye for now.
It’s been a while since I’ve read a whole novel. Most of the time, I’d settle for shorties or short stories because novels take too much time. So unless I can stay awake the whole night or be a certified tambay in the next days, I can never finish a good novel in one sitting.
Anchee Min’s Emopress Orchid left me with these lessons and thoughts:
1. That poverty is a state of mind. I first heard this statement from a valedictorian who was a few years older than me. I cannot recall his school nor his name, but I agreed when he said this. Poverty is nothing but a state of mind. There is always something you can do about it.
2. That the world is one big marketplace. There are things and concepts that can be bought. There are people who can be bought. But there are ideals, philosophies, values and belief that many people would still die for.
3. That even the thinnest bamboo cannot be broken by the harshest wind. It might be the Emperor and his decisions. It might be Su Shun (one of the antagonists) and his goals. It might be Nuharoo’s dignity and grace. It could be Orchid’s resilience.
4. That you only have one chance to jump on the biggest ship. And the most difficult questions are: How do I know that it is the right one and how do I get there?
5. That you, and you alone, get to draw your destiny. There’s no other way it happens.
This book is a good read. Go read (much better if you can fish one out of Booksale) if you have time. :)
I love how Phillip Phillips remind me of Rob Thomas. I love the way he sings, like most true blue American Idol winners. BUT, like most (if not all) Filipinos, I want to see Jessica Sanchez on that Idol stage, crying because she bagged Season 11.
VOTE JESSICA!
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“The best time to plan about writing a novel is when you’re washing the dishes”.
-Agatha Christie
Perhaps I am one of those unfortunate people to not know who Agatha Christie is. I can only associate her name with the Enlgish Lit. That’s it. Heck, I’m even too lazy to Google her. Let her be part of those who will always stay a mystery to me until I gather enough willingness and Internet connection to research about her.
But I found this quote on the sidebar of my WordPress dashboard, congratulating me for my 365th post. And I can really relate with her.
I find it difficult to squeeze out peso-worthy thoughts without doing a non-thinking job. Sometimes, I would volunteer to rinse our clothes just so I can have time to come up with a discussion-worthy TVC concept. All these, because I am easily distracted when I am just sitting down with a pen in my hand.
I think about food. About him. About sitting in the toilet and reading a book about a dead person. About my family. About what I will be eating for dinner. About the food I have in my bag. Whether somebody remembered to text me. Whether I’ll die at 50. The list goes on.
But if my hands are occupied, I barely think about food and I never yawn. And usually, doing non-thinking chores do me good. For starters, I was able to land a job in the two areas I really love–Advertising and Journalism.
I never thought I’d find myself writing professionally.
More often than not, I see a lot of errors in what I write. Sometimes, its within the data given to me. I misspell words or forget to include important contact details.
On certain occasions, I would find grammar mistakes after reading my work. I would confuse the purposes of dashes and hyphen and so on. I’m lucky if I detect them. If I can’t, online softwares or my boss will. Ouch.
Because of this, I fail to fully appreciate my outputs. I can see more faults than facts. More errors than essence. (Does this makes me a good copy editor then? XD)
But recently, I stumbled upon a blog (which URL and name escaped me) containing something like this: “Ten reasons to appreciate the writer in you.” I read until the bottom, but what caught my eye was the number 1 reason: Write, write, write. Forget about editing.
Then it hit me. I wasn’t there to edit. I was there to write. Writing is more challenging than editing. It is the reason millions of people are online/ reading print media. I was supposed to make a goldmine out of a single crap and sell it to a lot of people. This is the part where I should be free. I should be the one to add as many marshmallows and rainbows to my creation.
So I began doing just that. I wrote and wrote, and didn’t mind the technicalities for a while. But, I never forgot about editing. The crap will stay as such when it’s not polished. After writing, I did my best at editing. This time around, I am not as anxious.
I still have a few misspelled words, here and there. I still forget to include logos and some contact details. But this time around, I am happier with my work. It has more facts, more essence, more heart. Write like it’s your last. :)
People love compliments.
This is a known fact. But there are just some who ache for them. It’s like every listener is required to drop everything he or she is doing and listen to him speak.
I experienced this and boy, even though he was affiliated with a former client, am I glad I did not lie.
He was an important officer for a Russian Embassy. I was in-charge of the program flow for an event here in Cebu. I was all over the place, all the while attending to their needs. (Although it was not one of my tasks, I admit I can be pretty ‘epal’ or if I put it in a more understandable term, ‘hospitable’. LOL)
We were introduced earlier and I kept filling him in about the details of the program. He will be speaking in behalf of the Embassy and the Russian Federation.
After an hour and 30 minutes, we saw each other in one of the hallways of the Cultural Center of Cebu. He looked very pleasant, came up to me and excitedly asked if I heard him speak and how would I assess it.
I apologized for not having done so and told him I was busy. He looked crestfallen, took it badly and turned his back on me.
Whaa–. Hello, I’m no DC Comics character. I was saddened that I did not have even a moment to listen, but after a while, I realized I did the right thing. If I made time for him, the other parts of the program may not have pushed through. He is (in a way) a client but as the in-charge of the program, I also have other tasks to do.
It saddens me that not a lot of people can understand the ‘other things that happen’ in a short span of time. It is kind of selfish (I know, I am one too, but not in this case).
Oh well. Everyone is not an audience of just someone, I guess. Even if you’re really, really important wherever you came from.
I miss these people.
This videoke session happened over four months ago, and I am wondering if it will happen again. Some of them may not be the people whom I have known for more than a year, but it seemed that there is instant friendship between us. One that has a chance of lasting forever.
:)Hope we can have one of these again.
Marami ka bang bibigyan ng regalo ngayong Pasko? O kaya, gusto mo ng bagong cellphone na high-tech pero pasok sa budget mo?
Mula sa Nokia, isang magandang ideya panregalo ang mga dual-SIM phone na may modernong disenyo at puno ng practical feature na makakatulong para lagi kang konektado. Ito rin ay mayroong dual-SIM standby capability kaya maari mong magamit nang sabay ang dalawang magkaibang mobile phone account sa iisang device. Piliin mo lamang ang SIM na kailangan mong gamitin kapag ika’y tatawag o magpapadala ng message.
Kung marami kang kaibigan sa iba’t ibang mobile network operator, magugustuhan mo ang Nokia C2-00.
Gamit ang makabagong Easy Swap, maari kang magpalit ng SIM card nang hindi kinakailangang patayin ang iyong phone. Buksan lamang ang SIM card slot sa gilid ng phone at ilagay ang ipapalit na SIM card. Ito rin ay nakakaalala ng hanggang 5 SIM card settings na maari mong i-personalize.
Ang Nokia C2-00 ay nagbibigay rin nang mabilis na internet access sa iyong personal e-mails. Mayroon
din itong built-in camera at media support na hanggang 32 GB.
Para naman sa mahilig mag soundtrip, siguradong patok sa iyo ang Nokia X1-01, isang napaka-stylish na dual SIM phone na may MP3 Player at malakas na battery para sa mas matagal na tutugan at usapan.
Madali mong mapatutugtog ang mga paborito mong kanta sa iyong phone gamit ang Mp3 music player
dedicated keys. Maaari mo ring ayusin ang playlist ayon sa iyong gusto at i-play ito nang malakas gamit
ang loudspeaker ng iyong Nokia X1-01. Ang battery nito ay kayang tumagal hanggang 36 na oras para sa mas mahabang usapan at pakikinig sa music.
Kung ang hanap mo ay simple at walang hassle na komunikasyon, subukan mo ang Nokia 101. Mas maraming kwentuhan at masayang pakikinig sa music ang hatid ng dual SIM phone na ito. Magtext at tumawag sa iyong mga kaibigan at kamag-anak gamit itong classic Nokia phone o ikabit ang Nokia Speaker MD-11 sa iyong Nokia 101 para sa isang kakaibang entertainment.
Tiyak na pasok sa style ng mga fashionista ang Nokia C2-03, isang Touch and Type dual SIM phone na
may slide feature. Gamitin ang keypad para sa paggawa ng documents o email at i-touch ang screen para mag-browse ng music o ma-navigate ang iyong phone.
Ang Nokia C2-03 ay mayroon ding Easy Swap feature tulad ng Nokia C2-00. I-personalize ang limang
magkakaibang SIM card ayon sa iyong gusto. Bigyan ito ng sariling pangalan, ringtone at iba pa.
Higit pa sa magagandang features nitong mga Nokia dual SIM phone ay ang garantiya at after-sales
support ng Nokia. Madali mong mapapahatid ang ano mang concern mo tungkol sa iyong mobile phone
sa mga Nokia Care Center na matatagpuan sa buong Pilipinas.
Gawing mas masaya ang Pasko kasama ang Nokia! Ang Nokia C2-00 ay mabibili sa halagang P2,650, samantalang ang Nokia X1-01 ay P1,840. Ang SRP ng Nokia 101 ay P1,490 at ang Nokia C2-03 ay P4,350.
Nokia
Nikka Abes
Corporate Communications Manager
Tel. + 63917 8590783
Email: nikka.abes@nokia.com
Fuentes Manila
Tina Cabanayan
Tel. 893-9355 / 892-6184 / + 63917 7934362
Email: tinacabanayan@fuentesmanila.com
My first Christmas card for this year did not come from someone I had met personally.
It should not come as a surprise because I am connected with a PR firm but when the card arrived, I was a bit shocked.
It came with a red envelope with my name was neatly scribbled outside. It had no return address.
I thought: Hala, a rejection notice from one of my online applications? They’re rich, huh? Then I thought: it couldn’t be. It had to be something else.
And there it was, a folded scented paper from SMILE Magazine’s Jil North. I never expected to receive one from her because we were not close and we only corresponded/ worked together via email. It was thoughtful of her to send me one. She even handwrote a simple Christmas message for me.
It was the first Christmas card I got from someone I have not yet seen. I certainly hope it would not be the last. 
Image from Google
SMILE Magazine was the magazine for Cebu Pacific. The company I work for engaged with Miss North because it would help one of our clients if they get a spot in the magazine.
