Things I Learned (While not Blogging)

A thousand and one unwritten words. A seemingly endless emotional roller coaster ride, up, down, up and down again. Memories of traveling with good people and friends. An attempt to resolve an alleged conflict at work. Oh well, it’s been ages since I’ve neglected this blog. It’s been months since this spot ceased to be an emotional punching bag. And to my surprise, wordpress has a new look….from my dashboard. So let me not bore you with the blow-by-blow account of what’s happening in my life the past decades (as it may seem to me).

For the past months, I’ve learned that: 

• Losing somebody is still as painful as letting somebody go. Then how you’d wish that the person is just somewhere else than dead.
• Family members and relatives are like falling leaves. They wither each and every time you remember to count.
• From time to time, your tear ducts start to fill when you suddenly realize you’re missing the one who just left.
• This year, I’ve traveled to four countries three times in a row. Though this has depleted my wallet and a bulk of my savings, the memories and the bonding moments with wonderful people can never be replaced. 
• Sometimes, you’ll never know who’s back stabbing you. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, blindfolded. And I find it hard to trust people, especially in the corporate world. 

Ok, so there.  Does it make any sense at all? 

Bloodstains

They say blood is thicker than water, but then I realize, there are times when you’d prefer water over blood when your so-called “family” inflicts deep wounds into your skin.

And even if these wounds heal, traces of the trauma are still there….bloodstains and all.

ICU

This blog is fighting to survive. And it badly needs rehabilitation.

But it will come to life soon.

Really really soon.

Once a Blogger…

Some friends consistently ask why do I blog, while some would put up a baffled face because they have no idea what the hell “blogging” is all about. Some just find it quite an absurdity to spend hours typing away those thoughts and still remain anonymous in this infinite world wide web.

I still find blogging, like most of us do, an outlet to let go of all those unspoken thoughts. There are times when, the blogger in me turns out to be different from who I am in the real world, maybe because blogging stirs up an uncharted side of my being.

For a while, I was this close to quitting. Obviously, my previous post was more than a month ago. But hell did I realize blogging is already a part of my system. For so many mundane reasons, my drafts remained unpublished, some even landed in the trash bin.

There must be something about today that I decided to post again, regardless if it makes sense or not. Well I guess, once a blogger, always a blogger. And I really do hope I’m back.

Hello dear bloggers….it’s been a long time….really.

 

Gone “Downloading” for the Weekend

This week’s been one frenzy week to start with.

First, after hounding PLDT people everyday to get my DSL connection back, after threatening that I’d cancel my DSL subscription because of poor, sluggish service (as if this threat would make a difference) my internet connection was finally restored yesterday. Okay, that is after more than two weeks of mad calls with their call center and after sending a couple of emails to their customer service supervisor to express my frustrations on how poor their service are, they finally gave in. Whew.

Then just in time for my DSL resurrection, I bought a new gadget…..the iPod Touch. Since I cannot afford (just yet) the iMac desktop or even the Macbook, I opted to buy the “cheapest” apple gadget that would basically suit my needs….wireless internet connection, music storage and photo files among others.

 

Okay, I’m now a self confessed mac lover. I should’ve started using apple way back but well, it’s never too late. Someday I will get that Mac air! I like!

In the meantime, I’m quite engaged downloading songs to fill up my iTouch…so maybe it’ll take a while ’till my next post. Lol.

Good thing it’s a holiday tomorrow! Weeee!

 

 

 

The Apple of my Eyes

I caught sight of this while wandering around Trinoma mall last month. (Maria, nice noh?)Then I got a glimpse of it again yesterday while on a client visit.

Specs are great (at least it “sounded” great to me), price is at 74k but I’m being offered a reasonably “special” low price.

I like. I like this iMac! *drools*

This thingy is not on my list; not actually in a rush to buy; not an urgent necessity (because my age-old pc is still reliable at times); my internet connection still sucks and this is definitely way out of my budget allocation…..but…..but…… it’s coolness to the max.

Think. Think. Think.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Duh?

Leap of Faith

Two years and 300 entries later, I’m leaving Blogdrive. Yep, I’m joining the bandwagon of bloggers switching to WordPress. But the thing is, it might take a while before I could finally get used to WordPress.

This page is still under construction…until I finally get the hang of building my own little site here at WordPress.