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SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Swerte

Minsan napapaisip ako kung meron bang taong sadyang pinagpala o swerte…yung tipong nagkakataon na parating tama ang tiyempo ng tadhana sa kanyang buhay. Maaaring ito ay swerte sa pag-ibig, sa karera, sa pamilya, atbp. Yung tipong dumarating na lang ang magandang pagkakataon sa kanyang buhay nang walang kaabog-abog. Hindi nila ito pinlano, ni hindi nila pinagsumikapang gawin o hanapin pero ito ay kusang dumarating. Swerte nga sigurong maituturing ang mga ganitong klaseng mga tao…parati siyang nasa tamang lugar, kasama ang mga tamang tao sa tamang panahon.

Alam ko, walang perpektong buhay pero bakit may mga taong higit na pinagpala kaysa iba? Mas mataimtim ba siya kung manalangin, pinanganak ba siyang walang balat sa pwet, meron ba siyang swerteng nunal o taling, pinamanahan ba siya ng anting-anting ng kanyang lolo, seiko ba ang kanyang wallet, nagpa-fengshui ba siya?

Maaaring isipin ninyo na may pinaghuhugutan ang mga katanungan kong ito. Hindi kayo nagkamali, meron nga. hehe Ang mga ito ay bunga marahil ng aking obserbasyon sa mga nangyayari sa aking personal na buhay, mga pangyayari sa opisina at sa aking paligid. Ayoko nang maging detalyado sa kung ano man ang mga ito basta yun lang. Labo ko ba?

Making a Life, Not a Living

Been contemplating a lot lately about the current status of my life, I guess this is what they say a phase called Saturn Return. Let’s see if it is indeed Saturn making a come back. According to my astronomical reading, my Saturn return will happen from September 3, 2007 to October 29, 2009. (Check!) Saturn return according to the book I’ve read is a time in a person’s life when Saturn returns to its original position when the person was born. It usually happens when a person is about to reach the age of 30. (Check!) -Yes, the big 3-0 is on the onset.- It is a time when a person starts to rethink about the life he has lived, about his purpose and decides to make a drastic move to start his life anew. (Check!) With three check marks there, it’s absolutely certain that there’s no one to blame but Saturn doing a “Mac Arthur” for my recent introspective and emotional streak.

Recent events in the office prompted me to think about whether I’m happy with the life I’m living. Lately, I’ve been spending up to 15 hours of my day inside the four walls of the office. You would ask how come?! Actually, 15 hours is still not enough with the avalanche of work that need to be accomplished. As proof, let me have you take a peek at my “To Do” list: finish testing a whole platform, monitor bugs, manage difficult vendors, attend to everything from stakeholder’s requirements, developer’s code, database developers’ db tables and stored procs, sys ads’ deployment, network ads’ firewall connectivity. Oh and before I forget, the UAT and deployment is already next week. With still a buggy application do you expect me to spend a restful weekend?! Rather than spending my weekend at the mall or at the spa, my presence can still be found in the Data Lab performing regression testing. Reading what I have just written, I realize that my life has been so consumed with work. Ryan, my friend based in Saudi pretty much gave me a slight slap on the face when he sent me this message upon reading my YM status (“busyness is next to godliness”); “baka naman pag-uwi ko niyan mukha ka nang paperwork!” haha Joke but ouch at the same time. Tinamaan ako dun! :P

Now that I’m back to renting again in Makati, I should no longer be hindered from going to after-office activities, like badminton, bowling, going to the gym, movie, coffee, dinner with friends and dates, right? But the ironic thing is, the convenience of the proximity of the office to my home has hindered me from going to these after-office activities and prompted me to go on OT to finish my tasks instead.

A recent conversation with Mia, my best friend also made me realize that I should now start doing something about my situation. I could no longer afford to miss out on my life and happiness just because of work. At the end of the day, my boss would not be there to ask if I’m feeling okay or not, his only concern is to get the project deployed. Enough with trying so hard to make a living, I should instead start making a “life”, a fun and exciting one that is. ;-)

Abangan ang susunod na kabanata.

If you want to know more about Saturn Return, visit these sites:
http://www.newage-directory.com/saturn.html
http://www.saturnreturn.net/where_is.html