Words of wisdom: I’ve learned that ……

I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back

I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.

I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you’d better know something.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.

I’ve learned that it’s not what happens to people that’s important. It’s what they do about it.

I’ve learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.

I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I’ve learned that it’s a lot easier to react than it is to think.

I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you think you can’t.

I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I’ve learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. (Amen to that!)

I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I’ve learned that learning to forgive takes practice.

I’ve learned that there are people who love you dearly, but just don’t know how to show it.

I’ve learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I’ve learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up.

I’ve learned that I’m getting more and more like my grandma, and I’m kinda happy about it.

I’ve learned that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.

I’ve learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I’ve learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.

I’ve learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

I’ve learned that you should never tell a child her dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if she believed it

I’ve learned that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren’t related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren’t biological.

I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend someone is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I’ve learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I’ve learned that sometimes when my friends fight, I’m forced to choose sides even when I don’t want to.

I’ve learned that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.

I’ve learned that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.

I’ve learned that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I’ve learned that if you don’t want to forget something, stick it in your underwear drawer.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I’ve learned that the clothes I like best are the ones with the most holes in them.

I’ve learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

I’ve learned that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.

I’ve learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves, get farther in life.

I’ve learned that many things can be powered by the mind, the trick is self-control.

I’ve learned that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar, you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.

I’ve learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don’t even know you.

I’ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I’ve learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.

I’ve learned that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.

I’ve learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I’ve learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.

I’ve learned that although the word “love” can have many different meaning, it loses value when overly used.

I’ve learned that it’s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings and standing up for what you believe.

Author Unk.

the truth…

the real truth is, I never really wanna be happy or content
because then, what?
I actually like the quest, the search, that’s the fun, and that the more lost you are the more you have to look forward to.
What do you know, im having a great time and i dont even know it.

oh well naisip ko lang after all of the kasawians in my life lately, I came to realized that, that subconciously I was really enjoying this and I dont even know Im having the time of my life.

This really is the truth about my current situation… I wont elaborate, but those who know me already knew what I was talking about…

Let me write something。。。

Since I was early and I had already finished checking my mails, And there`s nothing else to do, let me write something about the book entitled “Eleven Minutes” by Paulo Coelho(again,im beginning to endorse his works! I need a talent fee )

Anyways, this book, had once again, taught me a lot about life. How to view life in a different and positive way and there`s also something about sex(actually, there`s a lot about it,hehe). And, I liked the opening line of the book, which started with this “Once upon a time” which we usually see in fairy tales. And then, you will also discover the reason behind it`s title (which is very interesting,i thinks ). You will discover a different kind of life apart from the conventional or what you call social common norms.(In nihonggo they have this thing called social common sense,just want to share,hehe,I learned that last Monday wuhu! ).

And because I was so influenced with this book, I would like to share some of the passages and lines that struck and intrigued me at the same time. Ja, read and had some thinking over.

This one is very much true for me. After I had reflected on my life.

①However much we reject it, we human beings always find a way of being with pain, or flirting with it and making it part of our lives.

②Money! A special piece of paper, decorated in sombre colors, which everyone agreed was worth something – and I believed it – until you took a pile of that paper to a bank, a respectable, traditional, highly confidential bank and asked: “Could I buy back a few hours of my life?”,”No madam, we don`t sell, we only buy”.

③What the eyes don`t see, the heart doesn`t grieve over. Well, I say that there isn`t an ounce of truth in it. The further off they are, the closer to the heart are all those feelings that we try to repress and forget.

④Sometimes you get no second chance and that it`s best to accept the gifts the world offers.

⑤I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It`s all a question of how I view my life.

⑥When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a feeling that theuniverse is on our side.

⑦Life moves very fast. It rushes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.

⑧Because I know that the remedy is worse than the pain: I simply don`t fall in love.

⑨Love is undoubtedly one the things capable of changing a person`s whole life from one moment to the next. But there was the other side of the coin, the second thing that could make a human being take a totally different course from the one he or she had planned; and that was called despair.

And the most intriguing line…

⑩Although my aim is to understand love, and although I suffer to think of the people whom I gave my heart, I see that those who touched my heart failed to arouse my body and that those who aroused my body failed to touch my heart.

This is the one I liked the most…

⑪ It hurts when I lost each of the various men I fell in love with. Now, though, I am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. And thatis the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

So that`s just about it. I just feel the need to write something :p

The Alchemist

Last Wednesday, while waiting for my friend and colleague to finish her work,(so we can go home together), I looked for something to get myself busy with and found it on Sir Rommel`s table. A book entitled “The Alchemist”, which was written by Paulo Coelho. I flipped through the pages, (which I usually does for some reasons), then started reading it. I finished the book the next day and I found it really interesting as a whole. There`s a lot to learn from it. It`s somewhat like the “The Little Prince” (which I also liked).

Below are some of the lines that made an impact on me and made me realized some of the things that are happening or happened in our lives.

①When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

②It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

③It is the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.

④”What`s the world`s greatest lie?”. ”It`s this: that at a certain point in our lives,we lose control of what`s happening to us,and our lives become controlled by fate. That`s the world`s greatest lie”

⑤When each day is the same as the next, it`s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives everyday that the sun rises.

⑥Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.

⑦People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.

⑧When you are in love, things make even more sense.

⑨Love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend.

⑩One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

Those were just few of the things I learned from the book. And I also liked two particular scenes which I will be posting in the near future.(when I feel the need to write)

Changes。。。

Yesterday, after 1 month of being assigned in Makati, I went back to my mother department,which is dev2, located in Alabang. As I entered the building, the receptionist and the head of security greeted me with their usual good mornings and we chatted for a couple of minutes,I suddenly realized that I actually missed these people. The simple things that I had taken for granted before. It made my day to think that they are happy of my return here in Alabang.

And then just now, I went to the cafeteria to buy some sweets and Mang Randy, the seller or whatever you want to call a person who sells food in the cafeteria was so glad to see me (im deeply touched!hehe), I felt appreciated and loved(ahihi),though I know I`m a lovable person but I`m not saying that I am not appreciated and loved in Makati, in fact I`m pampered. (that`s what i think, in nihonggo,”と思います”). Enough of that, I`m deviating from the topic or the title, but i think I`m not(hehe). Anyways, this is my blog so anything I say or thought of is correct (joke!, but jokes are half meant,でしょう？).

Ok, so here are some of the things that had changed in Alabang.

>A new door policy, I`m literally speaking of the door here in dev 2. Before, we used a pin code to enter the PA lab, but now, we had this new process wherein you have to call and state your name and team before you can enter.

>A new job description!(because of the new door policy) . Since Mis Jhaz was on leave last Tuesday, I officially became the person-in-charge of pushing the button so that the person who called and stated their name and team can enter the PA lab. (a very demanding job)

>New team members! There were 2 new members in Network team(my team!) and 8 new members for Mobile team.

>New OIC.　Since Sir J and Sir D were in JP, Sir D had appointed a new OIC. And I think the new OIC is great,we`ve talked in our dialect(which is Kapampangan,ahehe) during one of the phone conversations we had.

>And, as for dev1, they also had new members and OIC. We also have morning meetings now! held in dev1 office.

With all of these, I can say that nothing in this world is permanent but change.