1 - US Visa Application
2 - UPOU MA Readmission
I do not know how to proceed for both. The first one requires funds (payment for the processing fee because the flight ticket will be a problem later) and the second demands willpower. Both of which I do not have. Sigh.
2 - boxing is as fabulous as i imagined it to be. i think i am hooked. and that's after just one session.
3 - i learned that negative feelings negate appetite suppression drugs.
4 - tomorrow is national eraserheads day! yey!
5 - US visa application is highly stressful. darn.
6 - i plan to cut my citibank credit card but i am undecided on where i should put my reward points. my choices are:
- all flipflops GC 700php (i have my eye on a pair of havaianas)
- powerbooks or national bkstore GC 1000
- nike park or travel club GC 2000 (but i need to add 980php)
- Mood:
hopeful
So, as our country director told me, it has been a very difficult start of the year for me in terms of amount of work and conflict. Everyone knows how tired I have been for the past two years. This is why gym has been very addictive. Without the dancing and the taichi-yoga-pilates, I think I would have been admitted at least once in the past year. But I am still here, alive and positive that all these shall pass soon.
Thus, my dear friends, I know you are all very busy so I am cybertransmitting to all of you some positive energy. Kaya natin to!
- I have recently learned that even if I give all of my efforts and heart into a project it can still not be perfect.
- My greatest difficulty is dealing with the fact that there are evil people in the world.
- I love spending and hoarding. Thus, the last time I had savings was in 2003.
- I cannot go down the right side of an escalator.
- I have fear of the open seas because I once almost drowned in the Club Filipino swimming pool when I was in Grade 5.
- Although I am comfortable with my weight I still have these strong urges to undergo surgery or to take diet pills. In my mind, I have visions of all this fat slowly surrounding my internal organs and killing me too early. Plus, there are several yoga positions that I want to do which my big belly prevents me from doing so.
- I am deviant and I seek to be one all the time.
- I love talking to myself.
- I miss my dad very very much but my pride prevents me from seeing him.
- I need my Sundays to be mine. Or at least one full day in the week to be by myself so I can recharge.
- I love starting things and hate completing projects. (ellipsis)
- My grandmother (and grandfather too) is the most important person in my life. I still cry when I remember her.
- My favorite place in Metro Manila is Quiapo. I love losing myself in all the intricate passageways and in the hordes of people.
- I think that I have reached a plateau in my career and thus want to transfer all my energy into finding a life and love partner.
- My bosses now know that I can read French and speak a little. They now email me in that language. Crap!
- I love wasting time. Then feel guilty soon after.
- I hate failing and thus take few risks.
- I hate eating in carinderias by myself so I often eat in restaurants. BUT I
- I think that Italians are so good looking.
- I love travel. I even asked to be assigned to Tawi-Tawi to get free flights.
- I hate tourist-y things. I cringe whenever I see people who take pictures every second.
- I am in deep debt with credit cards because I was depressed in 2008 and kept on eating out and spending.
- I don't think I can ever work for profit. My work always has to have a higher purpose.
- I think that doctors are worse than lawyers in terms of greed for money and power. At least lawyers are honest about their dishonesty. LOL.
- I smell my hair when I am anxious. Hahaha.
At past midnight as we were waiting for a non-aircon taxi to bring us home along Recto in Davao, Paolo pointed out the fortune teller across the street. He asked if we wanted to have our future told. With little hesitation, we crossed the street and approached her. We asked how much we need to pay and she replied Php40. Delighted with the price, I quickly sat down in front of her and followed her instructions to cut the deck of cards. Below are a few of the things she said that hit home and troubles me:
- I will be traveling to another country this year. (Darn it, I need to go to three countries this year not just one.)
- Two close friends really love me. (Such a comfort)
- Someone tall, slim (although she said “tambok” too) and rich with a light grey car is serious about me. (I do not know if he has a car and I will not ask him if he does and what color.)
- Some white guy I met in the
- A friend will get married this year. She's chubby. (Genesis, I do not have the money to fly to
- I will get a car this year. (I wonder how this is connected to number 3. Hahaha! But then again this is the year that I will learn to drive.)
- Gastadora ako. LOL.
She said quite a lot and she had details about the people connected to me. For now, I take everything with a grain of salt.
When I think of all those people who will be losing their jobs because of this move, my heart bleeds. I remember how happy their delegations are when their are volunteer events. I remember how fabulous their volunteer manager is. She is THE volunteer manager. Intel is very taken by their volunteerism program that they bring her around the world to set up the same program in their other offices. I truly hope that they will receive a wonderful separation package and that Intel finds another place for the volunteer manager.
Being a volunteer manager is one of the things that I hope to include in my list of experiences. I think the high of being surrounded by pure-hearted people is incomparable. These good-hearted people make me wonder why others can't be like them. Wouldn't it be such a beautiful world to live in if there are more of them than these greedy people we have in the majority?
My Lakbayan grade is C+!
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Created by Eugene Villar.January
Discovered the amazing world of video streaming for Asian series. Fansubs are the best! I will never buy pirated DVDs of Asian series because these have crappy subs.
Stopped smoking
February
Gave my Canon S3 IS a name
Crazy at work due to several trainings
March
Learned that the SSS system works! Received my very first salary loan.
Girlie leaves for US for good (she got pregnant too)
First time to work during Black Friday
April
Traveled to France (Lyon and Paris) and Geneva
Shopped til I got into so much debt in Dubai
May
Uber depressed due to changes in staffing, rejection in my application for a seminar in Mali
June
Still adjusting to the loneliness, started brisk walking at night to cope
Still uber depressed due to work-related crap
July
Finding some light, losing some of the depression
Joined a book club and started a film club
August
Credit card debt overwhelmed me
Started going to the gym again
September
The horror of managing an expat shows its ugly head
Discovered the benefits of taichi, yoga and pilates
October
Learned that I would be going to Madagascar in the following month
Expat management horror show continued
November
Madagascar!!! It was such an adventure. Never spent this long traveling
Turned 27
December
Toured Ilocos
Spent vacation at home wasting time through reunions and get-togethers
Realizations:
- I think I did a lot of growing up this year. I may now be middle aged considering the lessons I learned and the experiences I gained. I never thought management was this crazy.
- I went to more international destinations (5) rather than domestic ones (2 provinces). I hope to make this situation better in 2009.
- I can work during the day even without coffee. Woot!
- Exercise is truly one of the best tools to fight depression with.
- When God closes a door (Mali), He will open a window (Madagascar).
2009 will be my last year with Handicap International. It is also the year that will be spent on investing for the years after. I see it as a bridge to the rest of my single life.
Dear friends, thank you for being with me in 2008. We may not have physically seen and been with each other but knowing that you are all there helped. Here's to a highly successful 2009!
- Mood:
sick
Problem: I become this egotistical, sarcastic and belittling person when I am with people who are younger than I am or older by five years. It is difficult for my mind to wrap around their concerns.
Happiness: Talking with people at least ten years older than me is pure bliss. I can be myself because they are mature enough to absorb my strange thought. I can quench my thirst for knowledge when they share their experiences with me.
This is what happens when you spend an entire day with people ages 38, 42, 53, and 55. The conversations were positively amazing!
BTW, dear friends who still read this blog, you are exceptions to this rule. ;)
Work has been a series of extremes. I feel extreme disappointment, frustration, anger, confusion, low self-esteem, and tiredness. It all boils down to what a friend called - the little things. All I ask from management is to send me little words of appreciation and encouragement. I need them to tell me that I am doing well. Because I realized just now that all of this depression began in February when they gave me a low evaluation. Yet they tell me that we are the last priority because the project has the least problems (or none). So I guess now I need to wait. They have to accept sooner not later that a Filipino can. That will be difficult for the French unfortunately.
I need to go back to yoga classes.
- Mood:
numb
1. crease my forehead
2. lose my cool
3. have a sarcastic tone
4. cut off that person
5. say "ewan ko sa yo"
6. lose my temper
7. walk out
I swear. Someone should invent stupidity cleansing. Forget about ethnicity, religion or region. We need an intelligent nation.
December 2008 and I will not be signing a recommendation letter for someone's contract renewal.
- Mood:
aggravated
Anyway, I stumbled upon Unclutterer.com and am currently going through their archives. I am happy to learn that I am on my way to being clutter-free. You see, I realized that when I hit college I couldn't move freely inside my room anymore. It was filled with a lot of things that I was saving for spare time. It was then I began my sembreak clean-ups. Little by little I learned to detach from things that are totally unnecessary and can be given away.
So let me share one of their articles that I would like to follow especially those that I haven't started yet.
Here are ten easy, quick tips that, if followed regularly, will help keep your clutter under control. And none of them takes more than five minutes – if that.
- Make your bed each morning.
- Throw away the newspaper each night, even if you haven’t read it yet.
- Follow the “one-minute rule” – push yourself to do any chore that takes less than one minute. Throw away the junk mail, close the cabinet door, put your dirty socks in the hamper, hang up your wet towel.
- Identify an organization or person to whom you can give things you no longer need – it’s much easier to get rid of unneeded stuff if you can envision someone else getting good use from them. Also, figure out a place to store those things until you hand them over. We have a special shelf for books that we’re taking to the Housing Works thrift store. When the shelf is full, we drop off the books.
- Pause for a moment before you “store” something. Storing something means you don’t intend to use it much. Other than holiday decorations and seasonal clothes, you should strive to “store” as little as possible.
- Beware of freebies. Never accept anything free, unless you’re thrilled with it. A mug, a tote bag, a hand-me-down toy, the lamp from your mother-in-law—if you don’t need it, don’t take it.
- Get rid of things if they break. When I went through our apartment, I was astonished by how many things I’d kept even though they didn’t work.
- Don’t keep any piece of paper unless you know that you actually need it. I have a friend who, for years, carefully filed away the stubs when she paid her gas bill. “Why?” I asked, mystified. “I have no idea,” she said. Along the same lines, don’t keep anything that would quickly become dated—like travel information. Remember the internet! If you can easily find information online, you don’t need to keep a hard copy.
- Hang up your coat.
- Before you go to bed, take five minutes to do an “evening tidy-up.” Don’t tackle anything ambitious, but just stack up the magazines, put your shoes away, shove the chairs into place, etc. Just a few minutes of tidying can make your house look a lot better, and it’s a calming thing to do before going to sleep. Plus it makes the morning nicer.
Do I have fears that the conflict in Central Mindanao will spill over? None. I am confident that Davao City has perfected the recipe for harmonious gathering of multiple beliefs. I abhor the Muslim, Lumad, Christian, Red labels. For me, we are all humans who deserve a place where we are free to be ourselves and where we respect each others' freedom to be ourselves. This freedom does not exist in Central Mindanao. The Christian majority insists that we are one nation while the ethnolinguistic groups practicing Islam insist that they are a separate nation. I believe that we are one country and I acknowledge our differences. The Christian majority of this nation has to understand that we are all different. By having that perspective we can move on to work on building a nation where everybody has the freedom to practice their own religion and beliefs.
History tells us that separation of countries has been wrought with too much violence and blood. None of these separations to my understanding have achieved their purposes. Pakistan and India are still not friends. Kosovo and Yugoslavia are the same. I am idealistic about things like this. I still believe in peace and harmony. You see, creating a separate entity places those transplanted in these areas to a very difficult situation. It is not what most understand to be a battle between the first occupants and the last settlers on land ownership. As long as no one has the freedom to be themselves and no respects this freedom we will continue to have this conflict.
So let's try WordCamp Philippines 2008 the Davao edition. Plus, it will be the best because it's the Mindanao Bloggers who organized it.
- i.PH: the Domain for Individuals
- Free Online Flash Games
- Wazzup Manila Philippines
- Real Estate CRM
- Real Estate Website Designers
- Orange County Real Estate
- Auto Insurance Quotes
- Lane Systems Inc.
- RedMedia
- Orange County Business Lawyer
- Mood:
excited
My little brother will graduate by December 2008 so I am no longer obliged to earn as much by January 2009. Therefore, I have no need for the financial security my present job offers.
Winner: December 2008
Round Two: Work-induced Stress
Work has been the primary force behind most of my entries for the past year. I understand now that I can no longer brainwash myself into loving this job. Elation over successes has been eluding me. I find no fulfillment. At least in AMORE I had moments of tears of joy. All of my colleagues have been repeatedly stating that they do not want my job.
Winner: December 2008
Round Three: Work Experience
I have always dreamed of managing a project of an international NGO. HI opens a lot of doors and windows by exposing me to a world beyond the four corners of our office. I directly work with people of various nationalities whose cultures differ vastly from ours. HI also has some good reputation around the world. I know that having three years of management experience in an international NGO will give me an edge in future endeavours.
Winner: December 2009
Round Four: Financial Security
My credit card bills are humongous because of my shopping binge in Dubai. I am in serious debt. According to my financial plans, I will be out of it by April 2009. If my plans are realistic and I stick by them then that means I can really start saving by May 2009. It is only then that I can prepare for personal growth. Sounds weird? I believe that personal growth needs to be powered by financial stability. You need a nest egg to be able to experiment freely with life and everything that it has to offer. I want to know if I can truly be the freelance professional I hope to become in communications and development.
Winner: December 2009
Round Five: Travel
C'mon, who wouldn't want to go back to Europe for free?! Hahaha!
Winner: December 2009
After five rounds December 2009 won by number of rounds. But I feel that December 2008 gave December 2009 a knockout in the first two rounds. Ah, decisions, decisions. I hate adulthood.
- Mood:
cynical
shorts A: missed "ang ibang pamilya"; i guarantee that you will adore andong. it's different from all the milo tolentino shorts. loved it to bits.
jay: loved it. i thought that i would hate it because of baron but heck he was great here. gusto kong bigyan ng best actor in a dead role yung subject ng docu.
concerto: like it. memoirs pala sya ng isang retired military man. i think it will be educational for non-filipinos who seek to understand why we are this way. it reminds me of oro, plata, mata. in fact, it used the same line: war makes those involved less than humans (monsters for this film).
boses: OMG! loved it. sometimes musicians can be actors too. ang galing nung bata! it can use some more editing though.
namets: pure eye candy with little nutrition. it's strongest point is that it was done entirely in ilonggo. it gives you a peek into the negrense psyche. it had the most glossy feel that you'd think star cinema made it.
my fake american accent: entertaining but a bit disappointing.
i just had time to watch these six. was exhausted to watch brutus. sayang.
Above is a graphic of what has been in my mind lately. I am happy to see that community is the biggest word (most probably due to the job announcement I posted). I did a massive friends-only screening of my entries in this journal. I am planning to move out of livejournal soon because of all the baggage that is stored in this blog. Part of moving on and keeping afloat is rechanneling the negativity to positive and productive activities. I want to blog about the technical part of my work so that I can reach more people without being afraid of the nakedness that I feel when I give the URL of this blog. Someday the world will change for the better. Not because there was one person who did it but because of everybody changing a little for the better.
DEVC 204: Evaluation of Communication Projects
TMA 3
TMA 4
Term Project
DEVC 290: Special Paper
DEVC 263: Communicating Scientific Information
TMA 3
TMA 4
DEVC 207: Audio and Visual Communication Materials
Exercises 5-9
Now that I am all alone at night and on weekends. I will be investing my time on finishing my four incomplete subjects. I pray for perseverance and patience. God bless my studies.
- Mood:
determined
Handicap International is a French international non-government organisation working on behalf of persons with disability in over 60 countries worldwide. The organisation is a co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. HI is working with relevant sectors in Davao City to build local capacities on the prevention and care of diabetes and its resulting disabilities. The organization is currently seeking a motivated individual willing to be part of this dynamic team.
COMMUNITY NUTRITIONIST
The community nutritionist will report directly to the medical coordinator and will be based in
§ Develop, support and lead work with identified groups and organisations in pilot barangays to implement The Diabetes Project
§ Support the medical coordinator in the development and conduct of training programs for public health professionals and workers on nutrition for persons with diabetes
§ Assist persons with diabetes to organize themselves and develop their own activities
§ Work in partnership with health and other private and public sector agencies (with a particular focus on health) to support and advise on the development of diabetes programs
§ Bachelor’s Degree in nutrition, health sciences or related fields
§ Two years of training and community organising experience, preferably in chronic disease projects
§ Demonstrated ability to work in multi-cultural settings
§ Experience in and ability to work with a variety/all levels of community partners
§ Possesses leadership skills and is a team player
§ Strong computer and communication skills
§ English and Visayan written and verbal proficiency a must
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
The community organizer will report directly to the medical coordinator and will be based in
§ Develop, support and work with identified groups and organisations in pilot barangays to implement The Diabetes Project
§ Develop the training modules for the organizational development of groups of persons with diabetes.
§ Assist persons with diabetes to organize themselves and develop their own activities
§ Work in partnership with health and other private and public sector agencies (with a particular focus on health) to support and advise on the development of diabetes programs
§ Bachelor’s Degree in community development, social work and other related fields
§ Two years of training and community organising experience, preferably in health projects
§ Demonstrated ability to work in multi-cultural settings
§ Experience in and ability to work with a variety/all levels of community partners
§ Possesses leadership skills and is a team player
§ Strong computer and communication skills
§ English and Visayan written and verbal proficiency a must
OTHER
REHABILITATION OFFICER (CAGAYAN DE ORO)
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The rehabilitation coordinator will be accountable for the clinical and rehabilitation component of Wheelchairs for Mindanao Project. The position will ensure that the wheelchair prescribed by the project shall be safe, functional, and well-fitting.
- Conduct regular trainings on wheelchair prescription and seating for physical and occupational therapists from partner organizations nationwide.
- Serve as chief adviser and consultant of field therapists in the area of wheelchair prescription by answering their queries sent through e-mail, telephone,
- Study and approve requests for high-level customization before the wheelchair order goes into production,
- Capacity building and awareness
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Physical Therapy/Physiotherapy or equivalent.
- At least 5 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
- Applicants must be willing to work in Cagayan de Oro.
- Applicants should be Filipino citizens or hold relevant residence status.
- Preferably Supervisor / 5 Yrs & Up Experienced Employees specializing in Training & Development or equivalent.
- Full-Time positions available.
REHABILITATION OFFICER - ASSISTANT (CAGAYAN DE ORO)
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To be the success key of the WC delivery: from the impression by the PT, through the production, and to the delivery and use by the patient.
- The position will ensure that the wheelchair prescribed by the project shall be safe, functional, and well fitting.
- Receive and validate wheelchair orders from field therapists
- Collect and record user feedback from distribution units.
- Participate in the resolution of orders with high customization
- Support the Rehabilitation officer
REQUIREMENTS:
- Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Physical Therapy/Physiotherapy or equivalent.
- At least 2 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
- Applicants must be willing to work in cagayan de oro.
- Applicants should be Filipino citizens or hold relevant residence status.
- Preferably 1-4 Yrs Experienced Employees specializing in Training & Development or equivalent.
- Full-Time positions available.
Please send your Curriculum Vitae to:
mla-ofc@handicapinternational.ph
Not later than May 30, 2008
To learn more about Handicap International, please visit: www.handicapinternational.ph
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