Daily Happy Thoughts

Recently, Tony (in addition to Borski) has made the observation that my beer belly was already increasing in size. This was also evident during my recent thorough medical evaluation in which I was told to try and reach my toes, and in my most serious attempt, I discovered that I couldn’t (sigh) reach my toes, owing to my already bulging stomach (sob…). This was the first time that this happened to me. I mean I did gain weight before, but not to the extent that I couldn’t reach my toes.

And now for the nth time, I have once again vowed to exercise more, and cut back on my food intake. So far, today, I have been successful. I don’t know however, if at dinner I will be as successful. I hope so. Or the alternative would be to get my hand on the best weight loss pills out there.

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Recently, on the recommendation of the doctor who assessed me during a thorough medical exam, I decided to have the warts on my neck removed. All in all, I think I had about 8-10 of those removed, including 2 really humongous ones. :) Borski has been reminding me and egging me on to do something about those since it was only basic hygiene to take care of one’s own skin, which includes, in my case, having my warts removed.

I guess in a way, the title of this post would somehow be in contradiction since, in all practicality, if it were due to hygienic considerations, then I guess you couldn’t call it vanity, right? LoL. Just playing with words here. And now that both Borski and I have crossed the big three-oh, we must be more selective of the food we eat, since especially I am gaining more weight. Also, I think it wouldn’t hurt to look up and compare anti aging products on the market already, or is it too early for that yet?

Weight loss is first and foremost. Vanity can come, when I can already afford it. LoL.

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My brother, Andrew will be leaving tentatively on the 13th of March for his overseas on-the-job (OJT) training in the United States. He was approved for a visa last Wednesday, which is precisely the reason why he was here in Manila last week. He will be headed for Virginia where his OJT training will be. Hopefully, he will have earned enough skills to prepare him for the job hunting that will follow after he graduates. I just hope by that time, there will be a lot of jobs out there, considering the poor state of the economy right now.

On a lighter note, I’m guessing he will be missing home-cooked meals for a while.

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I remember back when I was in elementary, on the place where our 3-door apartment now stands, the home in which I grew up in. Back then, I used to think that the lot was so big, when in fact it was just a mere 200 square meters of lot area, fenced and utilizing the whole area. Throughout my 16+ years of stay in that area, I’ve witnessed the many transformations that the place undertook.

First we had the wooden picket fence, then the garage to accommodate the owner type jeep that we had that time, then to the concrete fence and then the structure being demolished to give way to the modern building that it is now. Throughout the latest remodelling, while the walls of the building were broken down, the marble tile flooring and the fence was retained. Looking back, I wonder how much we have spent on the countless remodelling jobs. But I guess you could say we had to make do with what we had that time, since we just took over the building, and we couldn’t have planned how things would turn out, and you could say we just remodelled as the need arose.

Somehow, in the near future, I guess I could learn from this exercise and devote a considerable time in planning our coming home, and hopefully avoid the costly remodelling jobs that I’d witnessed. With that in mind, I think I’ll seriously consider the option of using stainless steel tile, which I found online.

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8G Marketing, a family-owned business, is in the process of normalising the already set up computerized accounting  system. The system albeit a little “basic” (old version), as shown during the orientation and training, really eases the load on recording and generation of reports. Hey! One can always upgrade the version so no problem on that one.

To go with the automation, a new Epson LX300+II dot matrix printer was bought for easier printing compatibility and to save a big chunk of amount on the printing budget since the ribbon refill only costs Php 68.00 in one of the local computer suppliers here in the city (Brother ink cartridges are just way absurdly charged — Black: Php 995.00–1,050.00, Cyan/Magenta/Yellow: Php 495.00–595.00; same is true with HP but their ink cartridges are a little bit lower in cost than that of the Brother’s). We’ve also placed “to automate receipt generation from manual handwriting” as one of the items in our future plans (perhaps after the accounting computerization system is fully implemented), and a good Epson receipt printer will serve that purpose. Phase by phase, we’re getting nearer to the “real time reports” status, which is crucial in decision-making. The real work this time falls on us, the persons who are  the end-users of the system. I just hope we can master the flow and fully maximize the use of the system as soon as possible.

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In my 3 decades of enjoying God’s gift of life, I have had the pleasure to rub elbows with persons whose experience, hobby, or work has shaped my attitude, careers and positive outlook on life. I would  also like to acknowledge the fact that I would not be able to make the decisions I have made and will still make had I not received the teachings lovingly and painstakingly instilled to me by my DadMa in the course of living their lives as an example and the words shared to us during happy conversations over meals or hurtful admonitions when we’ve done something wrong. In my young mind in the past years, those seemingly unimportant teachings before are now the most treasured as how valued certified diamonds are to women.

In my humble opinion, parents prepare us to face the real world but it is our decisions that make us the person we are now. Hence, make the right decisions because when we do, we make God, our parents, and ourselves proud. So for a more meaningful life, seek God, live each day trying the best we could to be pleasing in God’s eyes, learn from failures, and find others with similar values.

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Our environment generally shapes who we are. The culture we have been borne into would somehow dictate how we should act, and it is there that we define what is within the bounds of ‘normal’ and what is not.

Just recently, Frank, a friend of mine and someone who I am constantly in contact with in the conduct of my job had welcomed a new addition to his family, a bouncing baby girl.

I don’t know about the cultures from other countries, but it is not common practice here in the Philippines for new dads to hand out Davidoff cigars, as was suddenly the case when another friend, Jay, began chiding him to hand out cigars, in celebration of this welcome development. Of course, another important aspect to consider would be that Frank is Chinese, and Jay is an American.  Perhaps where they come from, this is perfectly the norm.

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Recently, in the place where we stay, which is being provided by our company, my companions and I have noticed that the mosquitos were increasing in numbers and was making it really uncomfortable to sleep at night, especially if your blanket falls off while you are deep in slumber.

To address this, one of my companions sprayed mosquito repellent. He sprayed too much of it in fact that after he did so, we had to face the possibility that we had to stay out of our room for the night as the mosquito repellent’s stench was too strong for our senses. We ended up opening the door of our room to let the stench out since we did not have any other means of home ventilation.

If the problem still doesn’t get solved, I am suggesting we buy an electric mosquito killer instead.

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