A Random List of What I may really Want or Not Want

1. I wanna get closer to God.
2. I want a high paying day job. (not going below P30,000 net at least)
3. I wanna be a script writer for a witty comedy show for GMA7. (when I say witty I do not mean slapstick)
4. I wanna star in that comedy show for GMA7.
5. I want to put up all three businesses that I've been planning with Peter, Wowoo, and Paolo.
6. I want to put up a family business with Chezka and K. Reggie.
7. I want a laptop.. a MacBook Pro 17".
8. I want an Airport Extreme.
9. I want a 120GB iPod Classic.
10. I want a Canon EF Fisheye lens.
11. I wanna have $80,000,000.00.
12. I wanna get married in 2010.
13. I want a rockin' hard body.
14. Well... kahit mapayat nalang.
15. I wanna buy my mom a nice house in the South.
16. I wanna buy a 2-br Condo in Alabang where I can chill and have a family in.
17. I wanna buy a 2-br Condo in the Fort where I can rent it out and have my utility bills and other expenses paid off of it.
18. I wanna buy a 2-br Condo in Pasig for Chezka and Jay.
19. I wanna buy a 3-br Condo in Sucat for Kuya Reggie and his family.
20. I want a battery grip for my EOS 450D.
21. I want a 12Mbps Broadband speed. (not "up to 12" but, "12")
22. I wanna work in marketing.
23. I wanna work in advertising.
24. I wanna produce my own album.
25. I wanna work in music.
26. I wanna work in any Ayala-owned company. Not just because I want to, but because I know I can succeed.
27. I wanna work for Google.
28. I wanna work for Apple.
29. I wanna Palm Pre.
30. I wanna find "her".

E-Tools Must Haves...

Being on the net virtually everyday makes you try out tons of stuff, rejecting or deleting the ones you don't see the need or use anymore or simply holding on to something until you think you can suddenly let go of.

So I figured that in order to you to survive in the Internet, you should have these two accounts and you are set for life:

A Google Account and a Yahoo Account.

Yahoo has Flickr and YM. Google has a whole shebang of tools and applications that are useful when you need to do stuff: There's Gmail, YouTube, Picasa. I would rather hold on to Gmail than YMail. For one, YMail is pretty easy to hack into and Gmail gives you the chance to set your mail for IMAP; an option that Yahoo only reserves to its premium subscribers.

I figured that if you have at least these two, you are set to explore the web.

How about Hotmail/MSN/Live? Well, you can get Live Access with any non-MSN email address so why get an additional?

Yun lang... back to work...

Moody's Mood For Love - Take 6, Brian McKnight, Patti Austin

I so love this song. I heard this being sung by my cousin Joyce San Mateo. As in... You gotta love it.

RSVP

Répondez, s'il vous plaît... a french phrase which simply means "please reply". It is often printed and seen in invitations especially in Weddings or big formal events but a lot of us Filipinos do not fully understand the concept of RSVP.

I learned the idea way back in college when a friend asked me if I were going to his birthday. As for any other Filipino, you would immediately -- without batting an eyelash -- respond with, "of course" but often times forget or intentionally not go. Upon giving that response, the one who invited me, turned around and started going to each of our friends and ask the same thing. Some would say, "yes", others would beg off while others would give a straight, "no, I can't."

Peter, one of my good friends in college approached me and indirectly confirmed if I were really going to the party. Since it wasn't his party, I said, "I'm not sure, probably not." He scolded me and explained to me that when you tell someone that you are going, that person is expecting that you show up and on extreme cases they would accept a valid back out excuse if either you died or have a bad illness. (of course I am just exaggerating)

Upon that realization, I learned to say YES or NO to an invite. If I said YES, regardless if it were raining or what not, I would move heaven and earth to show up. It is very important to the one who invited that you show up when you said you would.

Though I was aware of the concept and am trying my best to comply whenever given the chance to, I was only able to fully understand it on two occasions last year; my dad's funeral and my sister's wedding day. It hurts pala when the people you expected to show up didn't. Masakit sya kasi you so wanted them to share your joy only to find out they can't even if they said YES to you months before and even confirmed it on 3-4 separate occasions.

Not only is it expensive if you said you'd go and not show up, it is the fact that the person counted on you to show up to celebrate whatever it is they are celebrating and they would want you to share that experience with them.

It really sucks when some people would say they would go but back out on the last minute and, even worse, would simply not show up and not tell you about it.

Goodbye, "Nanay"

My "Nanay" Sally died a little over an hour before New Year's. Mixed emotions. I just saw her on Christmas day and she seemed fine then. I received the text from my mom and I have to admit that I am quite shocked. Though after dad died everybody else who died is not that painful lalo na kasi alam kong naghirap din si Nanay before she died.

Nanghihingalo daw sya pero ayaw magpadala sa ospital. Probably sensed that she'd go soon. She had a full life anyway.

Say "hi" to lolo and dad for me. I love you.