2010

The year I'm about to leave behind was a year of many things. It would take me more than my fingers and toes to describe memorable and valuable events that would forever cherish my heart. But, that would be a different entry.

2011..new years always give me something to ponder. What would be this year be for me? Of course, I am more of a "I-control-my-destiny" type of person rather than being fatalistic. The new year brings promise, hope, opportunities and happiness. But all of them can be achieved if you put your heart into making it happen.

One of the more interesting resolutions for me is to start being a serious runner. I made a list once of things I wanted to accomplish early this year and I found myself writing, "Run a marathon". It's not easy to begin with... studies and other things keep me occupied most of the time. Running a marathon is no joke... and it's something I wanted to accomplish before I end my 20s. Maybe I should start a running regimen early this year and run a marathon as a 'test'.

He he, who knows... I might get a finisher shirt =)

Linger

My mind's been wandering after trying to figure out what's happening during our class... I've been fleeting from one thought to another...

I got an opportunity to bond once again with my (4-year old) iPod while commuting to and fro school. It's been almost a year since I've last sync-ed it and I've never really made a lot of effort in updating it with new songs. If it helps, the songs I last sync-ed were old school music (Christmas in Our Hearts, anyone?)

The new generation of songs, I get it from Joey. And I'm quite contented with listening to it with him. But when I'm alone, I'd rather prefer the smooth and more free-flowing melodies of ballads and standard songs; they type that just makes me want to sing my heart out and feel really really good!

A few days back, I was scrolling through my ancient playlist and was still amazed that my most played songs were still Japanese. =)

Lho and behold, there were still anime songs. Gundam rules in my heart! There was a time in college that that song rocks my car day in and day out, until I got to memorize the lyrics...that I got to understand the lyrics. I listened to it again and once again let myself be dragged into wanton screeching and belting, amazed that I can still go along with the lyrics!

Ah those were the days. =)

Homebound!

Finally! After our finals, Joey and I are taking the 0635 flight back to Manila. Despite the anticipation of going home and being with our family and friends, we (or rather I) was doing last-minute packing, forgetting something here and there before coming to the present wherein I'm blogging and yet I'm still not done packing.

=D

I really don't like packing... and I hate unpacking.

But anyway, these are minor things and we're looking forward to tomorrow... errr later. I'm just about ready to finish everything...

See you in Manila!

Breather

Just a little post before I "review" again in Venture Capital Financing...

Earlier today, I bombed a part of the exams (Accounting for New and Ongoing Ventures) which was really very easy to answer. I was down, combined with a very upset stomach... which clearly did nothing to help me ease the helplessness I was feeling over my exams.

But you know what..? Joey made me realize to take a deep breath and take a step back. Life and masters degrees are not about grades and marks and report cards. What really matters is you learned something that you know you will use in the years ahead.

I got to learn more about Financial Reports, Cost Accounting and Financial Ratios for the semester as a Masters student than when I was an undergrad. I guess it was understandable that I bombed taxation since I'm not really interested in Singapore taxation.. and I know I won't get to use it when I start my business in Manila anyway...

Tuesday Mornings

We're currently having our Accounting class. It's a bed-weather in Singapore. Outside, it's raining like crazy but here we are, studying Financial Ratios and Singapore Taxation.

Dad brought me to school early (he has a flight today) so I bought Joey and us lunch at the very very far Subway.

We're doing Financial Ratios exercises... hayyyy

Coffee Fail!

Dad's new coffee machine has been whirring disturbingly..I checked the manual and saw that one of the solutions was to clean the brew group (the mechanism inside the machine that collects the ground beans and combines it with water).

Cleaned it, I did... but did nothing to solve the problem. It kept whirring and grinding the beans but no coffee was coming out! I checked inside again and all the coffee ground and water were scattered... argh! Such frustration (and a bit of fear..)

Maybe tomorrow would be a better day... I hope so! It's gonna be the first day of (graduate) school!

Alive!

I've decided to revive this blog... might do a bit of tweaking to make it more... presentable..? =D

I've had this blog since I was in college (posted a lot of entries!).. but lost a bit of mojo blogging during my "corporate years"..

But now I'm going to school again! Graduate school, that is. I'm really excited in this chapter of my life... and the fact that my significant other is attending the same school and class with me... makes it all the more interesting. =)

So hopefully, I might have time to fix this page. =)

Goals?

I just had a 1:1 session with my manager and our discussion involves goals for the new year. It is after all the start of the year which means there's around 10 months of proving yourself once again to the company, that you deserve to be called an employee of Company XX and you deserve the rewards and recognition.

But of course, there's also such a thing as.. has the company proven itself to you? One of the many ideas I ponder on is how the company works for you. Are they giving you your due worth? Do they give you the benefits/salary increase you deserve?

Going back to our discussion, the meeting's objective was to determine your goals for the year and at the same time, look back on your previous accomplishments. Well, long story short, most of what we discussed were my results of the previous year. Sometimes it's also nice to look back on how you've grown since you started working for the company.

I'd like to believe that everyone deserves to be recognized for being part of an organization that grew because of the people. Everyone deserves to have the spotlight once in a while. Everyone deserves to be recognized.