Mumu Ka!

I’m falling in love… not with anyone… but with a song! 

I was just listening to my mp3’s stored on my PC when I heard this song being played in iTunes desktop.

it’s her hair and her eyes today
that just simply take me away
and the feeling that i’m falling further in love
makes me shiver but in a good way
all the times i have sat and stared
as she thoughtfully thumbs through her hair
and she purses her lips, bats her eyes as she plays,
with me sitting there slack-jawed and nothing to say
coz i love her with all that i am
and my voice shakes along with my hands
coz she’s all that I see and she’s all that I need
and i’m out of my league once again

it’s a masterful melody when she calls out my name to me
as the world spins around her she laughs, rolls her eyes
and i feel like i’m falling but it’s no surprise
coz i love her with all that i am
and my voice shakes along with my hands
cause it’s frightening to be swimming in this strange sea
but i’d rather be here than on land
yes she’s all that i see and she’s all that i need
and i’m out of my league once again

it’s her hair and her eyes today
that just simply take me away
and the feeling that i’m falling further in love
makes me shiver but in a good way
all the times i have sat and stared
as she thoughtfully thumbs through her hair
and she purses her lips, bats her eyes as she plays,
with me sitting there slack-jawed and nothing to say
coz i love her with all that i am
and my voice shakes along with my hands
cause it’s frightening to be swimming in this strange sea
but i’d rather be here than on land
yes she’s all that i see and she’s all that i need
and i’m out of my league once again

-  Out of my League by Stephen Speaks

This is not my real blog. My real blog is…. well, just click here!

… this was my Friendster profile post 2 months ago …

It’s been 99 years since I haven’t updated this profile so amidst my busy day, allow me to sneak a little time writing a few things ’bout myself.

I work as Tech Support Engr.  I spend 12 hours or more each day out of my home working and traveling back and forth.  Everyday is a busy day with only 7 hours of sleep. Saturday is my favorite day since it’s my chance to hibernate.  If I have no appointment with my friends on that day, I just sleep 4 hours (or more) on top of my nightly sleep to recharge myself for the following week.

Currently, I’m busy reviewing for my certification in Adobe.  Once I pass, I promise to buy myself a gift and travel!  There’s a perfect gift I have in mind and once I get that, you’ll see the photo here in my account.

There’s jus so few a time for recreation lately.  I’m tied in front of my PC and work.  In the end, I know that all these hard works will bear fruit if I’ll keep my stick-to-itiveness burning!

<b>Things I love to do:</b>

play with our cats
listen to music
surf the net, chat, read blogs, write posts on my blog, view artistic photographs
sing till it rains!

It’s on my mind… been on my mind since I chat with my friend who’s in Malaysia today.  We were thinking what camera to buy. My option was Nikon d40 or Canon 400d.  Upon calling Mayer’s and Henry’s, I learnt that Canon 400d has been phased out and replaced by it’s much handsome counterpart - Canon 450d.

It’s lighter than Nikon d40, weighs less than 475 grams against d40’s 471 grams.  Small difference, right?  But it’s a big deal for me.  I’m a petite, got smaller hands, therefore I should get at least a smaller and lighter camera. 

It’s not just the weight which grabbed my attention on Canon.  Canon 450d has stunning features compared to Nikon d40.  I don’t care if 450d boasts of its 12.2 mp CMOS sensor compared to d40’s 6mp.  You can still print a 6mp photo on 8×10 paper.  Besides, I’m not crazy about printing photos but publishing them instead on the web.  What caught my attention is Canon’s ISO that ranges from 100.  Nikon starts from 200 ISO only.  And even if Nikon can boost its maximum ISO to 3200, I won’t be needing that anyway.  Well, not now since I’m only a newbie.

Summarized features of Canon 450d are the following:

• 12.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor
• Canon’s EOS Integrated Cleaning System
• 3.5 frames per second
• 3.0” LCD with Live View shooting
• 9-point wide-area AF system with f/2.8 cross-type centre point
• Picture Style image processing parameters
                 
• DIGIC III image processor
• Digital Photo Professional RAW processing software1
• Compact and Lightweight body
• Fully compatible with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-series Speedlites

There is, however, a huge price difference between Nikon d40 and Canon 450d.  With all the advanced features of Canon 450d, it’s way more expensive than the latter.  Though d40 is tempting because of its cheaper price, though my Nikon fanatic friend advised me to go for d40 cause he happens to own one, I’m taking my route to Canon 450d instead.  I really like that camera.  I guess, I’m in love with that camera.

This July, I’ll be snatching this handsome-hansome Canon 450d from Hidalgo.  Once I take hold of it, I know I wouldn’t wanna let it go…. so better take that Dreamweaver certification fast before my dream cam parks its body on my palm!

** antagal na ng certification na to ah… resulta po kse ng "konting" procrastination.

It’s 9:15 in the evening, feeling sleepy but there are still
a lot of things I want to do.  There are still a lot of things I want to
check and study.  Tomorrow is another busy day.  Another
Monday.  It was only two days ago when we exclaimed TGIF!  Tomorrow
is OGIM - Oh God It’s Monday!

My new blog will be launched on August 15 (up to 30) of this year.  If not
because of my review, then I would’ve started building it.  I’m very
excited about it.  I plan to post original photos, original drawings and
original template! Also, original write-ups! :)  Inasmuch as I would like
to start writing the codes, all I have for now is a draft.  What not and
what to write, what not and what to include. What’s and what not’s.

I also checked the winners of 2007 Pinoy Blog Awards. I included some ov’ ‘em
in my blogroll.  I checked Adobe Labs and Spry Demo.  I’m sooooo into
it!  I want to read more and learn more…. but it’s almost 10 PM.  I
still got work tomorrow.

I’ll stay online for another hour to continue reviewing for the
certification.  This is it.  Just have to keep my focus.

Half the world is sleeping,
half the world’s awake
half can hear their hearts beat
half just hear them break

I am but a traveler, in most every way
Ask me what you want…to know

What a journey it has been
And the end is not in sight
But the stars are out tonight
and they’re bound to guide my way

When they’re shining on my life
I can see a better day
I won’t let the darkness in,
what a journey it has been.

I have been to sorrow
I have been to bliss
Where I’ll be tomorrow,
I can only guess

Through the darkest desert
Through the deepest snow,
Forward always forward, I go..
Forward, always forward…
Onward, always up…
Catching every drop of hope
In my empty cup

– song I’ve been listening to lately

Vacation leave wasn’t really a vacation. It was a day full of cleaning, fixing… and cleaning my room. It was a total mess on Thursday. Friday was unpredictable, while Saturday, well, I’m almost done… almost there…Still, there are clutters on the floor.

I feel relieved now I’m back home. There are plans that may change. Plans that may surprisingly loom in the horizon.  Whatever happens, I willl be in control.

1. Going to work everyday seeing those smiles.
2. Team building of Adobe APAC and NATS in Bataan.  Woohoo! I’m excited (O_o)
3. Flying back home after work.
4. Sitting at my favorite station.  Don’t wanna transfer to my new station.  I wanna see it!  Hmmmm… would you know it?
5. Chatting with friends thru Messenger while taking calls.
6. Feeling The Carpenters’ "Close To You" rhythm everyday in the office.
7. Solving Dreamweaver issues!
8. Seeing my church-mates every Saturday in Bethel.
9. Hibernating every weekend.
10. Playing jokes with Momma and Dadda.  I’ve missed them a lot after having lived a solo life for two months!
11. Eating fruits, fruits and fruits! Yum yum (O_o)

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone’s thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there someone’s saying a prayer
That we’ll find one another in that big somewhere out there

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we’ll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true

"Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight… someone’s waiting for me."  This is my handle in Messenger.  Marvie told me that she’s been singing this song since she was a kid.  Billie told me that the song leaves a gloomy feeling.  She told me that it’s a hopeless romantic song.  It’s not.  Read the lyrics. Listen to the song.  The sound may be mellow, but the message is full of hope.

I can’t live alone… Not any longer..

Before my clock rang at 4:30 AM, my body clock shoved me to awakening at 4AM. It wasn’t a struggle pulling my body away from my bed.  I couldn’t sleep anymore…  I left at 6AM and straddled the road without traffic along AYALA-EDSA. Two buses to reach my destination.  I didn’t take the MRT.  It was not right to take such at 6AM.  Edsa was moving freely and SWIFTLY!  Believe me, I reached my destination in less than 1.5 hours.  I even took the route to Ayala.  The sun wasn’t shining brightly.  I LOVED IT…  I even managed to  drop by  at  a DrugStore in Shaw before landing my feet to OSMA.

I don’t miss the boarding hourse.  Endless expenses, lonely abode, painful memory…  I just had to let go…

Everyday I’ll join the mob along Edsa Road.  Everyday, I’ll meet the sun shining while sitting conveniently in a bus.  Everyday, I’ll take a bus on my way home at the rushest rush of hours.  Then I remember it… I can bear this experience in a bus… but not in a room where all I can find is a ghost and myself alone…

Living away from my parents was the last thought I had in mind, but hey, here I am living alone.

After six consecutive months of traveling from Las Piñas to Shaw then back to Las Piñas again every day of my life, I decided to find a boarding house somewhere near my workplace to save myself from a fatal 4-hour-sleep-a-day.

Now I’m living alone, spending more bills than before and finding nil money from my pocket. Each day has been a day of hundred-peso unrest. The cheapest meal would cost 40 bucks (without drinks) and I’m a self-confessed rice-monster who won’t survive living without Pinoy’s bread: KANIN!

Obviously, it’s a sacrifice on my end to live away from my parents. There hasn’t been a day that I didn’t miss them. This is a sacrifice and I have to make this separation worthwhile.

I have my own room in Sta. Catalina – a desktop PC and an air-cooler. There are two comfort rooms to all boarders on our floor. Swimming pool is found at the back of the boarding house. It’s a 5-minute-tricyle-ride from work and I’ve never been late since I moved here.

There are two dogs in the house which never stopped barking at me during my first two weeks. Now, they stopped… Perhaps they got tired of barking. Those dogs even drew a boundary where I couldn’t get in. They were lying at the doorsteps of the comfort room and the dilemma of peeing or being bitten by them was uncompromising! How could I pee? I was so afraid at first, but in the third week I just walked past them and they had no choice but to run away. Duwag din pala tong mga loko!

Living alone is not easy when it comes to expenses. If living alone is not easy then each day has to be spent wisely. To make this reclusion from my family worthwhile, there are two goals that I need to achieve:

1) Become a Certified Dreamweaver 8 or CS3 Developer
2) Develop a dynamic website as part of my portfolio

If you want something and you don’t write it down, it will just remain a mere wish. Therefore if you want something, write it down and put the foundation of your desires into actions.

This is the reason why I’m in our office this very Sunday of the week. Certification is required in my type of work. It shouldn’t be ignored. I have no other option but to take it. It shouldn’t be a burden ‘cause, after all, developing a site is one of my interests.

eXtras:

• woke up at 7 AM without the help of the alarm clock
• attended 9 AM service in VCF Galleria
• Dreamweaver ACE