Wear Red Day at Work! (February 1, 2013)

GE is big on health. This first day of the month, we were asked to wear red to remind everyone to take care of our hearts.

SNEAKPEAK : Invading Angkor Wat in Siem Reap! (Cambodia. September 2012)

Ethel Cabacungan Photography

Angkor Wat, Siem reap. Cambodia. September 2012.

I just came back from a backpack-suitcase 4 day trip from Vietnam and Cambodia. Tired but HAPPY! I was with two other girlfriends and was honestly quite worried that we were going to these countries, just us girls. I had reason to worry but we survived it!

LIFE IS SIMPLE!

Thanks Deanne for the high resolution copy!

Spreading Love!

This idea is inspired by Color Me Katie. I just love her! She's so colorful and she seems so happy. I want to be like her. At the very least, I want to inspire people to spread happiness and love, doing what I love to do. I'm still working on that though, as I currently don't have time yet. I'm hoping I can do that soon.

Last Holy Week (April 2012), I bought heart stickers and decided to stick them on random places hoping to give unexpected smiles from people who will find them, esp. those who are having a bad day. In this busy life, we tend to forget how to stop and savor the moment. Seeing random hearts will help them appreciate little things, I hope.

I started at work. People are always grouchy at the office because we always have so much to do, so I put heart stickers on my friends' stuff when they are feisty. One friend sent me an SMS when she found the heart, telling me she found it while she was upset about something, and she got totally confused about her mood when she saw it. Haha! It was awesome to hear that. And I'm happy that she knew it was from me.

I know I won't be able to hear how my little hearts will affect random people, but I sure hope it makes them smile a little. If you see my tiny hearts, tell me about it will you? It will make my day!

Sharing some photos. I've left hearts in light posts, cabs, light switches, toilets, stores, elevators, etc. I'm running out of stickers so I'm buying more. I'm planning to do it while I'm traveling, so I'd have my hearts all over the world. That will be awesome!

 

Starbucks, Glorietta 5, Makati. July 2012.

My Gratitude Project Expands! (July 2012)

7.18.12 - Today, one of my gratitude projects at work materialized. My idealistic attempt to create a culture of gratitude, where people can show how grateful they are for even the smallest things, had a chance to be tested today. My boss assigned me and a partner to lead a recognition team, where we had to think of new ways to recognize our teammates. So, we created a platform where they can thank their peers and leaders for whatever reasons by sending gratitude notes. I know they needed a little push to accept the idea. And sometimes, that’s all we really need. So they did, and I know it changed the way they looked at things. I can feel we made a difference. A positive change, no matter how little.

My Bestfriend's Wedding : Vincent and Cassandra (April 2011)

Baby Talk.

Camera : Nikon D3100 (Neng's)
Mode : Manual
Location : Pioneer Pointe, Boni. PH.
Date : February 2011

I'm loving babies lately. It's so weird. This cutey is Aaron, Ethel's nephew.

Rain + Starbucks = Love. (Taguig City. September 2010)

Warmth and love in a venti cup. :)

It's been raining all week and I managed to catch the flu. I thought a warm cup of milk would do the trick. Let's hope I get well before the week ends.

LOVE.

LOVE.

May 30th, 2006 by Ezra Montemayor

They think I don’t have you. But oh, they are wrong. They couldn’t be more wrong. I used to think so myself but you knocked me back to my senses. In the clarity of my mind, you exposed yourself. Bared everything I’ve been meaning to see and feel. I couldn’t comprehend how it happened that you have always been with me. I was confused, maybe I still am and I tried to substantiate your existence by trying to come up with a concrete rationalization of how you moved me, but I can’t. So I dare not define you. ‘coz you have caught me offguard. you come in many forms. Blend so inconspicuously. I almost didn’t recognize you. Before you came, I thought I knew what your existence meant. I was being confident. I don’t know a thing. I can’t classify you, put you in one box. You are so much bigger than that. So much more complicated despite the notion of your simplicity. I’d like to think I chose you, but the coincidence of my world conspiring to meet yours is much more than my doing. You are beyond my control. I have tried so many times to define how you’ve enchanted me, but I end up with all the wrong explanations. Wrong conclusions. I challenge not your existence for fear of losing you. I want to believe how real you are, how real you make me feel. I wasn’t aware that you can do all these things to me. Make me fly and drown at the same time. I ran out of breath just thinking about you. How your presence and absence put me on the edge. Constantly taunting me. Making me cry for a million different wonderful reasons. I still think I can go on without you. I can. But I choose not to. You turn my world in circles and I’d rather have that, than not be moved at all. Sometimes I don’t understand. Actually, most of the time. I’ve given up on trying to have an absolute explanation of what you are. I can’t define you. How can I not define you? Have I become so stupid that all reasons have escaped me? or maybe, just maybe… I need no reason to have you. Wouldn’t that be a happy thought. all I know is that what you are, is more than my earthly mind could justify. It’s how you make me feel. I can’t explain it. You make me cry and laugh at the same time. If I didn’t know it was your doing, I’d say I was crazy. There is no second that you have left my mind. I can’t escape you no matter how I try. I remember how you made my insides flutter everytime you glimpsed my way and gave me that knowing smile. I still feel that way. Everytime. Oh how you make me feel. It’s everything at the same time. It’s the little things that make me smile, though. How you always manage to make me feel special no matter how useless I can sometimes feel. And you don’t even have to say anything to make me feel that way. It’s the way you whisper in my ear just before I fall deep into slumber. How you watch me sleep and keep me safe until I open my eyes to see you once more. How you dismiss all my imperfections and focus on me. It doesn’t matter how ugly I can be, you always make me feel beautiful. And when I worry about anything or anyone.., I just think about you and realize that what really matters to me is what you think. Nothing else. Just as long as you’re in me, I am safe. Many times I have felt so alone. Sometimes, scared out of my wits. All those times, I’ve held on to you. You kept me company. Kept me safe. I thought you would let go one time and I never felt more in pain. I wanted to let go myself but I couldn’t. it would hurt more to see you go. You are that one thing that makes me breathe. Move. I didn’t think anything or anyone can do that. Especially to me, considering everything I’ve gone through. Still, now I am stronger. I’ve prepared myself in case the world conspires to take you away from me. Fear makes you do that. But you are stronger than fear. So for now, I will linger in your arms. I will let you cradle me until the thought of the possibility that you can fade disappears. Then I will be a child again. Where I will believe that I can have everything if I just pray hard enough.

And I will hold you in my arms and never let go.

Hai Bar Birthday Party!

A colleague needed a party for her birthday so I decided to invite everybody for a drink before going home. I think she enjoyed herself. Haha. **wink!