Off to India
One of the things I love about my work is being able to travel in style and class (para daw baboy ihahanda sa fiesta, papatabain muna bago katayin).
One of the things I love about my work is being able to travel in style and class (para daw baboy ihahanda sa fiesta, papatabain muna bago katayin).
Off to India in 3 days...
Have not packed yet. Madami pa naman oras. Besides, hindi ko pa din alam kung ano ang dadalhin klase ng damit. Limited wardrobe na nga dahil lumobo na ako ng husto, ang dami pang considerations --- nandyan ang sobrang init ngayon doon (37 degC), formal na medyo informal (dahil sa mga ministro lang naman ang ka-meeting), travel ng travel (dami na agad warning about sa trains). Worried sa pera.
First stop will be in New Delhi. Ang average rate ng overnight sa isang hotel aabutin ng 11,000++ Indian Rupees (in Phil pesos, almost 11,500++). Yung sa akin, 13,000++ may luxury tax, hindi kasama ang airport transfer and wala breakfast yan. Ang babayaran 14,625 Indian Rupees (that is, $345.67 or Php15,208.08)! Stopover lang yan. Wala pang 8 oras ko hihigaan ang kama. Kung pwede nga lang sa airport na lang.
14 days @ 7,250++ Indian Rupees (Php7540) per night. Yan ang dapat ko pa bayaran for the next leg of the travel. Hindi kasama ang food dyan. Hindi kasama ang land travel. Hindi kasama ang laundry. Walang wifi. Sana naman may libre coffee at tea. Sana din may matinong bottled drinking water.
Walang choice. Ganyan talaga kamahal sa India. Hindi uubra ang powers nina Benjie and Friends.
Sana maging express ang tulong galing sa sundalo ng America. Sobrang good luck and best wishes talaga to me.
What Is Chemical Engineering? - Chemical engineering basically is applied chemistry. It is the branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and operation of machines and plants that perform chemical reactions to solve practical problems or make useful products.
What Is a Chemical Engineer? - Like all engineers, chemical engineers use math, physics, and economics to solve technical problems. The difference between chemical engineers and other types of engineers is that they apply a knowledge of chemistry in addition to other engineering disciplines. Chemical engineers sometimes are called 'universal engineers' because their scientific and technical mastery is so broad.
What Do Chemical Engineers Do? - Some chemical engineers make designs and invent new processes. Some construct instruments and facilities. Some plan and operate facilities. Chemical engineers have helped develop atomic science, polymers, paper, dyes, drugs, plastics, fertilizers, foods, petrochemicals... pretty much everything. They devise ways to make products from raw materials and ways to convert one material into another useful form. Chemical engineers can make processes more cost effective or more environmentally friendly or more efficient. As you can see, a chemical engineer can find a niche in any scientific or engineering field.
Click to join my 1st sem, 2008-09 Y! group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChE32_1stSem200809/
I took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment last saturday in relation to a job application. According to Wikipedia:
The 16 different types are often referred to by an abbreviation of four letters, the initial letters of each of their four type preferences (except in the case of Intuition), for instance:
And so on for all 16 possible type combinations.
A found an online (and shorter) version. I don't know how the results will be compared with the actual written test. Anyways, here's the online result:
Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging
Profile: ENTJ
"I don't care to sit by the window on an airplane. If I can't control it, why look?"
ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshall and direct. This may be expressed with the charm and finesse of a world leader or with the insensitivity of a cult leader. The ENTJ requires little encouragement to make a plan. One ENTJ put it this way... "I make these little plans that really don't have any importance to anyone else, and then feel compelled to carry them out." While "compelled" may not describe ENTJs as a group, nevertheless the bent to plan creatively and to make those plans reality is a common theme for NJ types.
ENTJs are often "larger than life" in describing their projects or proposals. This ability may be expressed as salesmanship, story-telling facility or stand-up comedy. In combination with the natural propensity for filibuster, our hero can make it very difficult for the customer to decline.
TRADEMARK: -- "I'm really sorry you have to die." (I realize this is an overstatement. However, most Fs and other gentle souls usually chuckle knowingly at this description.)
ENTJs are decisive. They see what needs to be done, and frequently assign roles to their fellows. Few other types can equal their ability to remain resolute in conflict, sending the valiant (and often leading the charge) into the mouth of hell. When challenged, the ENTJ may by reflex become argumentative. Alternatively (s)he may unleash an icy gaze that serves notice: the ENTJ is not one to be trifled with.
"Unequivocating" expresses the resoluteness of the ENTJ's dominant function. Clarity of convictions endows these Thinkers with a knack for debate, or wanting knack, a penchant for argument. The light and heat generated by Thinking at the helm can be impressive; perhaps even overwhelming. Experience teaches many ENTJs that restraint may often be the better part of valor, lest one find oneself victorious but alone.
The auxiliary function explores the blueprints of archetypal patterns and equips Thinking with a fresh, dynamic sense of how things work. Improvising on the fly is something many ENTJs do very well. As Thinking's subordinate, insights are of value only insofar as they further the Right, True Cause celebre. [n.b.: ENTJs are capable of living on a higher plane, if you will, and learning to value individuals even above their principles. The above dynamic suggests less individuation.]
Sensing reaches out to embrace that which physically touches it. ENTJs have an awareness of the real; of that which exists. By stilling the engines of Thinking and iNtuition, this type may experience the Here and Now, and know things not dreamt of nor even postulated in iNtuition's philosophy. Sensing's minor role, however, puts it at risk for distortion or extreme weakness beneath the hustle and bustle of the giants N and T.
Feeling is romantic, as the ethereal as the inner world from whence it doth emerge. When it be awake, feeling evokes great passion that knows not nuance of proportion nor context. Perhaps these lesser functions inspire glorious recreational quests in worlds that never were, or may only ever be in fantasy. When overdone or taken too seriously, Fi turned outward often becomes maudlin or melodramatic. Feeling in this type appears most authentic when implied or expressed covertly in a firm handshake, accepting demeanor, or act of sacrifice thinly covered by excuses of lack of any personal interest in the relinquished item.
Benny Goodman, "Big Band" leader
General Norman Schwarzkopf
Harrison Ford
Steve Martin
Whoopi Goldberg
Sigourney Weaver
Margaret Thatcher
Al Gore (U.S Vice President, 1993-2001)
Lamar Alexander (former governor, US Secretary of Education)
Les Aspen, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Candace Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Dave Letterman
Newt Gingrich
Patrick Stewart (STNG: Jean Luc Picard)
Robert James Waller (author: The Bridges of Madison County)
Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask)
Steve Jobs
Penn Jillette
Geordi LaForge (STNG)
Useful Link:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp - Online test based on Jung-Myers-Briggs personality approach provides your type formula, type description, and career choices
http://typelogic.com/ - Explains the different combinations
Had dinner with Peachy, Chee-Anne (and the husband-to-be), Dei and Au. Natawa lang ako sa comment na meron palang nagkaka-interest kung ano ang pinag-gagawa ko ngayon. Hindi naman daw sya affected (o ayaw pa-apekto?) pero interested lang daw sya malaman what am i up to these days.
Wala naman nagyayari sa akin, yun pa din...
Busy sa ADB - dalawa ang projects na hawak. Consultant chuvanes chenes ek-ek. Pareho intermittent. Meaning pagkatapos, wala na naman. Naloloka dahil grabe ang pressure pero at least may output and sigurado may outcome. Hindi pwede pumalpak dahil lagot ako sa nag-refer! [Hi Mama Dei :-)]
Teacher-teacher-an sa UP - yup, walang kokontra. Hindi GE (general educ) subjects ha... as in Chemical Engineering subject. Oh yes, pardon my hangin pero I am prawd tu da maksimum lebelaysus. Kaya ko pala at yung mga komokontra, makibalitaktakan na lang ako sa mga students koitsch. Next sem magtuturo daw ako ulit (calling the attention ng mga ibabagsak kong pasaway hehehe) and other subject, hopefully Envi Engg naman. Sa mga gustong maka-uno, saturday ang schedule ng classes ko.
Nagpapakadakilang ina - kokontra si nanay hehehe. Pero yun na yun. Ano pa ba ang magagawa ko kung ang panganay ay magti-teen-ager na pero feeling binata na at yung kasunod ay 11 years old na pero feeling 8 years old pa din.
Healthy Mind, Awesome Body - ah hindi pa ito, matagal pa. Oki na muna ang healthy mind! Papa-appointment pa kay Dr. Vicki or sa mag-asawang Calayan, pwede din sa doctor of the stars, Dr. Mendez or kay Marie France hahaha. Wala pa andash to make the pa-effects pero happy with the heyr, the fez, the teeth and the ...
Lablayp, sekslayp, and other laybs - kailangan pa ba itanong itish. Wala ganun pa din. No further explanations needed. May friendster accounts na si Kyle at si Gaeb hahaha.
Wala talaga nangyayari. . . papunta-punta na lang sa Tagaytay Highlands para mag-ubos ng gasolina at laspagin ang Ford Everest ni Cynthia para bibili ulit ng kapalit this year (take note ha, binili ni Cynthia yan HINDI company car!). Patulog-tulog para hindi mapressure sa kabi-kabilang speaking engagements and invitation para sa lectures. Pahiga-higa para hindi mahilo kaka-compute ng pera sa bank (dahil wala talaga natitira hahaha!).
So sa nagtatanong... wala ako masyado ginagawa. At kahit madami man akong pinagkakaabalahan, I will still find time for you. Interested ka naman pala kung ano nangyayari sa akin, eh bakit nung nagkita tayo hindi ka makatingin sa akin?
A year ago, I was just counting my days as a Consultant in ADB. Although my mind was set to finish my graduate studies, hindi maitatago ang kaba and takot because it was the first time wala akong mailipatan na work. I have a townhouse to pay monthly, I have kids to send to school, I have my fixed expenses... bottomline, san ako kukuha ng pera?
No regrets, sa nakaraan na halos isang taon ko nakita at naramdaman ang totoong mga kaibigan. Sa panahon na yun bumuhos ang napakaraming blessings --- na-appreciate ko ang parents ko, mga kapatid at ang mga taong katulong namin sa hanapbuhay. I never felt closer to my kids and no amount of money could equal the satisfaction of spending time with my kids and mga pamangkin.
Eto na yata yung period na napakaraming nagawa: meron na akong MS Degree (hindi na kokontra si Volt!), laging kompleto sa tuog at kain (wala na nga kasya damit sa akin), konti lang nabili ko shoes (2 or 3 lang nga eh), walang international travel (pero dami domestic, not the usual places and I was paid to go there), true friends (alam nyo na kung sino kayo), new friends (ramdam nyo naman hindi kaplastikan di ba?)...
Highlights pa:
- Got hired in a high-paying job but turned it down, hindi ko feel ang makakasama ko sa work. Those who were privy to my US-AEP days know what this is about. I buried the hatchet BUT mabuti na din yung huwag na lang than have an axe to grind.
- I was (am?) an "other woman" - cannot, will not and shall not elaborate for the sake of the parties involved. Pinakamahalaga nag-enjoy, nagkaintindihan, and naayos.
- Inaway ako ni Manny sa Puerto Princesa - nawala ang poise ko dun! Sobra. Pero okay lang, nagkaintindihan naman kami and alam ng lahat kung ano ang totoo dahilan. Sa totoo lang, natatawa na lang ako nakakalasing pala talaga ang Cali (Oiiii, walang friendster account si Manny at wala direct access sa blogs, ang mag-tsika, aawayin nya sige!)
- Loan approved for my property in Fairview. Six more months...
- Senior Lecturer at THE University of Philippines, teaching THE ChemEngg 32 subject (Industrial Stoichiometry). Never in my life I imagined magtuturo ako! No, hindi bumaba ang qualifications para makapagturo. Nagkataon lang nakita ako ni Doc Ernie pakalat-kalat sa UP, so ayun binigyan ako ng teaching load. Ganun lang. (Face value? hahaha!)
- Ako si Mechora Aquino, a.k.a "Tandang Sora"
- New car for Cynthia (on top of the newly renovated farm house and literally, fruitful ekta-ektaryang manggahan), GTZ Contract for Voltaire (Shutaks prend, I really miss you nah!), sandosenang raketship para kay Daisy, new baby for Sheila D, Ed O., Rica L., promotion for Sheila B, well-being for Tito Geri, seksi and boy-magnet pa din si Jov, bonggeysyus pa din si Au , madami hindi mamemention dahil sa space and timw limitations. Basta ang important dun lahat tayo blessed!
- etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
Pumasok ang 2008 ang pera ko sa bank pang-minimum maintenance balance lang. Ano ang halaga ng pera kung wala ka naman kaibigan, kapuso at kapamilya? Meron nga dyan Php250,000 per month ang sweldo pero (ooopppssss!). . . Okay pa din, nairaos na ang tuition ng kids, braces ni Kyle at wala naman utang. At, nagpa-rebond pa ako ng heyr!
Sa ngayon, eto naka-upo na naman sa ADB. Salamat sa iyo, Daisy --- maraming, maraming, maraming salamat for believing in me. You are such a blessing to me. Alam ko mas madami blessings kapalit dadating sa iyo. Sana dumami pa ang lahi mo sigurado napakasaya at maayos ang mundo.
Ang kulit, pero nag-uumapaw talaga ang blessings. Kung minsan nakakapagtataka din. Reap what you sow ba? Ewan. Admittedly, maldita at hindi ako santa. Sabi nga ng nanay ko tamad-tamad at tulog-tulog lang ako. Hindi din halata na mabait ako. Hindi ko din maexplain. Amazing!
I'll end with excerpts from Bo Sanchez's article, "How to be a Blessing-Magnet" (click this link for the complete article). Believe me, the strategies really work!
How to Be a Blessing-Magnet:
6 Strategies on How to Be Positive in A Negative World
1. Feel the Love. Receive the love from the people around you, no matter how small or imperfect. Celebrate every little gesture of love you receive. Make it a big thing! And you'll discover that you'll receive more and more love.
2. Be Grateful. Give thanks for every small blessing you receive. Before going to sleep, count at least 5 blessings you received on that day. Be grateful even for the bad things you received on that day, knowing there's a blessing inside. Gratitude attracts more blessings to come your way.
3. Trust. Yes, do all you possibly can! But at the end of the day, stop worrying. Surrender and trust God instead. Believe that the best is yet to come.
4. Have a vision. When you have a detailed graphic, exciting vision burning in your heart, you can't help but be positive. That powerful vision in your imagination will attract all the blessings you need to fulfill that vision. You'll be surprised. The blessings will just come, rolling down at your feet, begging that you receive them.
5. Love yourself. Be deliberate in loving yourself. Respect yourself. Don't belittle yourself, don't limit yourself, and don't call yourself derogatory names. Meet your needs. Aggressively care for yourself. When you do, others will respect you, love you, and meet your needs as well.
6. Love others. Whatever love you give, you receive it back multiplied. So wake up each morning because you want to love. make love the purpose of your life. When you make love the reason for everything that you do, even if there are dark storm clouds around you, the sun will always shine in your heart.
Ano ba naman yan. It's like April Fools' Day, Extra Challenge and Fear Factor rolled into one.
i never thought that an almost perfect meeting would end up in a mess with a mere mention of a person's name --- believe me, it is worse than being haunted a million times by the scariest ghost imaginable . Who would have thought that this person would be back from the dead and possibly make my peaceful life miserable once more? Who would have thought that I, after a long hiatus and keen on taking a different path, would once again have to deal with this person's unpleasant (literally and figuratively) face?
Hysterical talaga ang drama ko kanina. Napabilis tuloy ang pagsugod ni cynthia from
makati. Si volt naman humahagalpak sa tawa. Nasisi naman ako ng mga
kapatid ko sana sumama na lang daw ako umuwi ng province. Na-crash pa
tuloy ang cellphone at nawala ang simcard ni gaeb.
Quoting Cynthia, deal breaker talaga.
Peydying ol katsokaran, kabaklaan and kasanglibutan dir in da byootepool ayland op Peleywen... ples redi yur rid karpit end banda ageyn. I wil be kaming-kaming dir niks wikind. Wala lang, mag-uubos lang ng kayaman, este maghahanap pala [Maherap na baka makednap]. Redi da kafafahan and lafangan ha. Dami na naman tsika! Sobra, over over to the max talaga.
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@ Voltaire: special mention ka na naman dito. kelan mo ako i-sponsor-an sa Bangkusay? Walang-shy pwend, tapos na naman ang taon, wala pa din. Sama mo naman ako sa raketship sa Roma Italia. Cheap naman ng offer mo na 3-day 2-nights sa Boracay. How about the cruise? kainis ka naman, wala na ba iba? feeling ko tuloy ang poor na natin eh.
@ Dei: flying around the Philippines ka na naman ba in your private plane? May extra seat ba for me? Pramis I wont make kausap the pilot and the co-pilot. Do you still require your stewardess to have at least an MA degree in Public Relations? And I heard you are making solo-solo na naman the Charlie Chaplin guy ha.
@ Cynthia: Mare, where na THE Louis Vuitton? My golly, you're so bongga talaga! Is it true that inside the bag are the oh-so-fabulous-oh-so-nakaka powder?!?! Panalo! Graveh, so yaman talaga. So kaka! Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky moi!
@Nina: Girl, dont wori the dollar exchange rate... barya-barya lang yan 'day! Look mo ako, so nainis kasi for every US$1,000 eh nalulugi ako ng Php 10,000! Kaya resign ang drama! Who needs money, anyway? Ay, sori baka may na-hurt... tabi-tabi po.
P.S. Sorry Eliana, you wont be able to understand my Tagalog blog again. Dont worry I'll write in English next time. Promise I'll also make an announcement when I go to Indonesia (hopefully, Bali!!!!) again. I'm just waiting for Au to sponsor me (hint, hint, hint).
Friendster Daily Horoscope
Monday June 18, 2007
Leo
Your next achievement is likely to be very significant, so aim higher than ever.
Your next achievement is likely to be very significant, so aim higher than ever.
Nanay and I just came back from settling the accounts for my townhouse. By July 24, the whole amount will be paid and I will have a property under my name!
Before that, I'd have my MS degree.
Next in my dream list is to run a business.
Not to forget my dream to study cosmetology. I also dream to learn dressmaking, make intricate beadworks and learn to do magic tricks.
A dream inspired by Cynthia's hacienda: I shall have at least 100 mango trees that will bear fruits in the next 10 years.
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If Francisco Colayco have "Wealth Within Your Reach" then mine is "Dreams Within Your Reach" :-)
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Thanks To:
Daisy - for the special mention
Nina - for inspiring me to learn new things --- I love the cupcakes.
Cynthia - for everything!
More to come...
It's Day 01 as an unemployed Filipino citizen...
Nagising pa din ng parehong oras sa umaga. Ganun pa din. Walang nagbago. Mas nag-enjoy ako maligo ngayong umaga dahil walang hahabulin na oras.
Mahaba-haba din ang usapan namin ni Nanay. Wala na kasi ang pagmamadali ko sa kanya na matapos na agad ang kwento para makaalis na ako. Madami na naman binabalak na ipagawa pero sabi ko naman hanggang hindi tapos ang thesis ko hindi ko pa sya masasamahan sa mga lakad.
Masarap din uminom ng mainit na mainit na kape ng hindi nagmamadali. Ang sarap ng pakiramdam na umalis sa umaga ng hindi napaso ang dila :-)
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Nasa UP lang ako buong araw. Nakipag-usap sa thesis adviser at naki-bonding sa mga dating professors. Pakiramdam ko estudyante na naman ako. Ewan kung ako lang nakakaramdam pero talagang hindi nawawala yung student-professor relationship kahit pa almost 15 years ago ko pa sila una naging professors. Nakakatuwa din kasi natatandaan pa nila ako (ewan ko lang mga grades nila na binigay sa akin).
Nag-sit-in pa nga ako sa isang class ng 3rd year ChE students. Ang simple-simple lang ng pananaw nila sa buhay ngayon. Hindi ko naman masindak, mahahalata na matanda na ako. Ang sarap batukan nung estudyanteng nanliligaw sa katabi habang nasa klase. Ang sarap din batukan ng babaeng nagpapa-cute naman sa lalake.
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Naka-usap ko si Dr. ************ ulit kanina. Yun pa din ang paninindigan nya. Hindi pa din daw pwede si Dr. Nato na maging co-adviser dahil "he needs to be affiliated with an institution, has already established himself in related field of study, or should be a meritorious case". Ang sabi naman sa Graduate Office pwede naman daw lalo na nga sya naman talaga ang adviser ko noon pa. Nararamdaman ko na talaga naiipit ako sa personal na issues ng mga tao. Mukhang walang lusot kay Dr. ***************.
So I made my stand and declared it in front of all the faculty members present. If I need talk to the Dean for Dr. Nato to be allowed as a co-adviser, I will do so. It is ok even if it will mean I will not be able to defend my thesis on March 14. I will not mind if the case will be elevated to the Chancellor to clear things up. I have signified my willingness of not graduating this sem if it will take that long for the decision-makers to act on it.
This is history in the making, wala pang ganitong case sa UP and the specific provision in the UP Faculty Manual pertaining to this situation has not been put into test.
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Cynthia, Volt, Daisy, Manny, Au, Aga, Jaja, Bert, Glynds, Joy, MM, lahat-lahat-lahat-lahat.... sorry, tapos ko na ang thesis pero hindi ko kaya ilaglag ang tao na tumulong sa akin. Hindi ko maatim na makatapos ako pero may naiwan naman ako. Hindi ko magagawa na tumanggap ng diploma kung may tao na nasaktan.
Give credit where credit is due.
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Kainis, sikat talaga.
Grabe pati ba naman thesis naiintriga pa? hahahahahaha.
Arrived Yogyakarta almost 7 pm last Saturday.
Only been 4 days but seem hell lot more than that. No more feelings. Garbage in, garbage out. No processing happening.
I miss home. I miss my kids. I miss sleep. I miss eating. I miss me.
Makulit na smiley ha.
Pero mas nakukulitan ako sa hinihintay ko na magdedeliver ng mga books na gagamitin for the workshop tomorrow. Ang usapan 8pm dadalhin pero ala-una na ng madaling araw wala pa.
Asa pa ako na dadating pa sila... Paano ako nyan, 6am kailangan naka-alis na. Saan lupalop ko kaya sila hahanapin? San numero ko kaya sila tatawagan --- dalawa nga ang cell numbers nya sa akin pero wala naman syang cellphone.
Paos na ang smiley. Lowbat na ang laptop. Ubos na ang ulan.
Just need to let this out.
Maybe those are just 32 MB and 64 MB memory cards but those are original CANON SD cards. Surely, may not cost much today and I can always buy even a 1 GB-replacement but those are not yours! Kapag hiniram siguro dapat ibalik.
Notwithstanding you have not paid the repair cost of the printer you broke. You could have at least notified me that it has been repaired a long time ago para hindi na ako ang nagbayad pati ng storage fee.
Well, what's the use of these words? Hindi mo rin mababasa dahil wala na ang laptop at free account na pang-open mo ng email.
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