Dear Senator Gringo

Photo by Ayi Aquino

Dear Senator Gringo,

The discrimination on your brothers is getting worse. I may not have voted for you but you won. Now, show me what you can do.


Waiting for you,
Irate backrider of the most disciplined rider ever :)

The fifth 28

It may not always be perfect, but it's the best 5 months of my life  


Gone for our 5th month celeb,
Yosh

5th Year in IT

Time flies. And it flies FAST. Today I'm celebrating my 5th year in the IT industry. I can still clearly recall my emotions that day - NERVOUS. I came in not as a fresh grad but as a career shifter. I spent 1 1/2 years after graduation in the semiconductor industry but practicality dawned on me that I decided to try my luck in a higher paying job. I entered Accenture with a fresh attitude matching the excited faces of my mostly fresh grad batchmates.

7 out of 10 already left (including me). The remaining 3 are celebrating their 5th year also, that being an Accenture employee. Wuhooo SPF! 

I learned a lot for the past five years. Not only technically but emotionally as well. Right now I can say that I already achieved a lot and i have exceeded my own expectations. But I admit I have more to learn and change as well. 

My greatest dream now is to retire early so expect a more fierceful me in the years to come. 

Til my next anniv post, 

Yosh

Sick!

This is me inhaling through my mouth. My nose are blocked with unexplainable mucus as of this moment. You might wonder why I described it as unexplainable. It's because I feel the mucus inside but I'm secreeting nothing. But sometimes a clear water like liquid will just drip down (do you know 'onse'?). Yikes! Not a very pleasant thought, I know! But I hope you already grasp the idea. 

I went to the office this morning but took the half day off. Now I'm enjoying the warm temperature at home. Argh I guess the aircon in the office made my condition worse. 

Anyway, I'll just take a rest now. Tomorrow is another day. It's the start of my new project, can't afford to be sick anymore. 

Wish me well guys, 

Yosh

Revisiting Nagsasa

Los Tambayeros is resurfacing! But before you think of another break-away group or conspiracy plot, let me tell you that no history is repeating so don't fret! We are perfectly happy with how Club CB110 is managed nowadays. It's just that we missed the old group - the old friendship. I, personally, prefer to ride with just this group. Admit it, it's very hard to ride with 50 motorcycles to consider. So anyway, this reunion ride happened just last mothers' day/election weekend (May 11-12). Initial headcount was 17, but only 9 came. No worries, we still pushed through. 

The group left Amberland Plaza at past 2 in the morning - 5 motorcycles and 1 cage. We reached San Antonio at 5:30, the riders arrived 30 minutes after. They were fast! After buying all the food in the market, we went straight to Pundaquit to meet Kuya Ed. He was also the one we hired in my first Nagsasa trip. He led us into 2 boats. Since we were girls, Jen and I was given the privilege to ride the one with roofing. These guys were not so lucky - 

But they seemed to be enjoying the morning sun

I've only been to the left camp side of Nagsasa so I led the group there. Apparently, there were more camp sites on the other side of the island. They said the bathrooms are better but I found it too crowded. The first things we did was pitch our tents and prepare our lunch. And with just an hour of being in the island, they started this - 

What I got from Bakasyunan

was LBM!

Oh well, to be honest, I'm not sure where I got it but I'm pretty sure it's from that weekend (May 4-5). It might be the water I drank in the resort, or the food, or the lunch we ate in Antipolo church, or from too much kasoys and kalamay, or from the buko fruit I bought in the market. Too much possibilities. But I was able to go to work the next Monday, reluctantly, because my stomach was rumbling every minute. True enough, I flushed out twice in my 9-hour stay. Dyahe! When D and I reached home, the first thing I did was lie down. I was so weak. When D went up our room to check me, he said I was hot so he initiated to cook dinner so I can drink meds. Sweet! He cooked beef noodles, for the first time since we got married. Hooray! The next day, I was still pooping water so I decided to skip work but D can't. It was the first time I wasn't able to prepare something (breakfast or baon) for him. From our room, I can hear him prepare and eat his own meal (cereal lang naman!). So heartbreaking! Every now and then he sent texts checking on me. By 6pm, he was already home with my meds. I only requested for Gatorade since I didn't want to drink any meds yet. Instead he brought me a 1L bottle of Gatorade, a bunch of biogesic, alaxan and diatabs. Quite resourceful! So although, he left me at home again to meet a friend, I still found it very sweet coming from him who admittedly says he's not the showy type.

The next day, I woke up feeling well rested. My stomach still rumbled but at least there's no urgency anymore to poop. So off to work! I just equipped myself with these-

I was also able to browse the photos from our teambuilding. We held it at Bakasyunan Resort and Conference Center up in Tanay (not the one in Zambales). I'll just sent out an early apology because the pictures I'm about to post are all unedited. For some reasons, Photoshop is not allowed in out office anymore. Anyway, here's my favorite shots -