my amo looks like my papa

i like my amo :) he's a kind man. he knows his sh*t (makahiram lang ng phrase kay jj). he helps you with your sh*t too. he doesn't shout. he always smiles. and chuckles. diba ang bait?

during half day holidays, his advice is: when you see other people leaving, you could leave too. in fact, he scans the work area for people leaving the office and he gives us the go signal to leave :)

he knows how to listen. i've seen how he helped his team troubleshoot issues. mano-mano! he's the man!

he went to china last week. this is our pasalubong. corn shaped jelly candy/lollipop. it tastes like corn, but it's a bit weird. wala lang mairelate lang ang pasalubong. hahaha!

ang labo ng post ko haha. nga pala "my amo looks like my papa" ang title ko. yes, i am reminded of my papa always. payat and the features are very similar. papa is that you?

blessed be the zealous

at church, there was a couple sitting to my left. i will state a fact: they were singing out of tune. not a single tune right. at first i was distracted because of the tune. later on, distraction turned into admiration and i thought i would do anything just to be in their shoes during the entire duration of the mass. why?

- because they were singing with all their might!
- because they didn't care if they were in tune or not. all that mattered was their desire to worship and communicate and they aced it!
- because they were the beggar who gave a mere cent, but gave all that she had, and more!
- because not only were they zealous singers, they were also zealous in the responses. so admirable!

i bet our pal up there was very happy :)

tuyong paghihilod

dry body brushing - i first read about it years ago from a blog (forgot which one). the writer said it's good for the skin plus it helps to save water. i didn't get the concept then, so i ignored this gem info.

a few months ago, i read about it again from one of the glossy features that led me to this:

and then i knew that i had to get the body brush pwede rin namang buddy brush. ay ang corny. hahaha!

i heard that body shop and muji have body brushes. wasn't lucky enough to locate muji's so body shop it is. it's made of cactus thorns. i know it sounds harsh, and it IS harsh if you brush heavily. but if the strokes are right, you get better skin by exfoliation. not only that, you get better blood circulation. not only that, you get to save water! imagine, after the hilod, onting sabon and wisik wisik na lang! hahaha!

i'm not an expert, but i guess the keys are (based on what i've read):
- start brushing from the feet going up to the neck area
- do 5-8 light brush strokes per area
- always brush towards the lymph nodes. yes, those kulanis, baby!
- be faithful to your routine

now if i could only do the last item above. :)

chitchat aka satsatan

wednesday morning. i decided to get out of my candy crush addiction. candy crush, you don't possess me! hahaha!

instead of playing candy crush during my entire commute time, i opened fb and ym, scanned my friends list, and sent messages to my missed friends - hs, elem, lcg, spi, ubs, neighbors, relatives! it's a bonus if they are online and they reply back :) the feeling is so refreshing!

we are so fortunate we have this technology now. you only need to move your fingers and you could reconnect with your friends. why not take advantage, right? :) i now declare (most) mornings to be satsatan time with friends. go! keeping in touch is oh so fine!