OT-free weekend

Last weekend was the first weekend in many weeks that I did not go OT. I was contemplating of rendering at least 4 hours OT to catch up with my evaluations. I need to complete as many as I can since I will be leaving the department a few days before the fiscal month is completed. I want my productivity to be raised as high as it can. Not that I need to prove something.

Well, it would be probably one of the few times that I could get to relax. I would be moving on to a new role in a different department and I may have to learn and unlearn several things, thus increasing the stress level. As per my current boss, "Prepare for more stress".

So instead of going to the office, I spent the weekend bonding with my family and kids, and sleeping till my eyes puffed. After all, I've got nothing else to prove in the Quality Department. What I need to prepare is to conquer Client Services.

I've Been Tagged

Got this tag from MyPinkShoelace and I have to give it a try...It's been a while since I last do a tag...

What you are supposed to do…and please don’t spoil the fun…Click copy/paste, delete my answers, type in your answers and tag 4 people in your lists!

(A) Four places I go over and over:~ our room, Bantayan, church, mall
(B) Four people who e-mail me regularly:~ our facilities manager, my supervisor, my sister and my hubby
(C) Four of my favorite places to eat?~ Rai-rai ken, Pizza hut, Ila Puti and McDo
(D) Four places you’d rather be?~ Boracay, Paris, China, Hawaii
E) Four people I think will respond:~ Prily~ Bena - yot~ Soloflighted~ Mars
(F) Four TV shows I could watch over and over:~ Alias, Dawson's Creek, Ally McBeal, 24

Of Flowers and Surprises

The moment I got to the office, my supervisor summoned me to her desk. I got a little scared and I thought, "Uh-oh, what did I do?" I was surprised to find a bouquet of roses on her desk and she told me it was for me.

My husband is never the romantic type. He is never the flowers and chocolates type, and he is not good with cooking up surprises. So I got the surprise of my life when I got those flowers from him. My officemates thought we probaby had a fight. And I told them, "No, it's our monthsary." To which they replied, "What?!?! You still celebrate monthsaries?"

Happy 49th monthsary, Daddiyah!

The Prayer Series (Part I)

The whole household, together with my brother and his family went to church last Sunday. It was the first time in many years that we went to the same church together, since for the past weeks, we went to different churches, as my they ususally go to my sister's sending church, and Aldrich and I preferred to go to Quest since the kids enjoy the Sunday School there. Also, my youth pastor, who officiated our wedding, also serves there. Last Sunday, we all went to Quest.
Pastor Les talked about prayer. I've been a Christian for half my life and has served in several ministries. And he was right. I thought I know all I need to know about prayer, but I don't. The message has revealed several truths about prayer and I felt that all my life, I wasn't really praying, but merely stating my needs.
God knows our needs even before we pray for it. So why bother praying? Because it is through prayer that our relationship with Him deepens. That is why the Bible states the need to pray in private, because you can't establish a good relationship in public.
Because I live a busy life, I pray while on the run. In the cab, in the jeepney, sometimes in the restroom and even at times when I am waiting for something or someone. But the one point that Pastor Les stressed last Sunday was the importance of closing the door and praying in private. It's not about the quality or quantity of your words, but the connection God feels in your prayer that matters.
Aldrich and I are careful with our marriage. We make it a point to communicate regularly, and we go out on dates without the kids to maintain the kind of closeness that we have. And just like our human relationships, our relationship with God requires communicating with Him on a regular and private basis for it to flourish.
Last Sunday, Pastor Les started out a new series on prayer. If you wanna hear about it, you may come with me to church.

Convergys Cares

Summer ended without a company summer party. But will Convergys let it happen? Of course not! Management got busy expanding the business, but that doesn't mean they forgot to give us the party we deserve. We had a late summer outing at Vistamar, and there, I got a change to meet Mark Nelson in person. Cool!

Here it is!

I've put it off long enough. For a long time, I was undecided if we should have internet at the house. I reasoned that the time we spent at our home should be solely dedicated to spending quality time with the kids. But we also need to connect to the outside world, especially that my sisters are across the seas and we commuicate via email. It is also important to download some stuff that we think are useful, and of course, I have to update my blogsite as well.


Aldrich and I finally decided to install internet at the house. We found the need heavier than our reaso not to get one.

Prayer

The whole household, together with my brother and his family went to church last Sunday. It was the first time in many years that we went to the same church together, since for the past weeks, we went to different churches, as my they ususally go to my sister's sending church, and Aldrich and I preferred to go to Quest since the kids enjoy the Sunday School there. Also, my youth pastor, who officiated our wedding, also serves there. Last Sunday, we all went to Quest.

Pastor Les talked about prayer. I've been a Christian for half my life and has served in several ministries. And he was right. I thought I know all I need to know about prayer, but I don't. The message has revealed several truths about prayer and I felt that all my life, I wasn't really praying, but merely stating my needs.

God knows our needs even before we pray for it. So why bother praying? Because it is through prayer that our relationship with Him deepens. That is why the Bible states the need to pray in private, because you can't establish a good relationship in public.

Because I live a busy life, I pray while on the run. In the cab, in the jeepney, sometimes in the restroom and even at times when I am waiting for something or someone. But the one point that Pastor Les stressed last Sunday was the importance of closing the door and praying in private. It's not about the quality or quantity of your words, but the connection God feels in your prayer that matters.

Aldrich and I are careful with our marriage. We make it a point to communicate regularly, and we go out on dates without the kids to maintain the kind of closeness that we have. And just like our human relationships, our relationship with God requires communicating with Him on a regular and private basis for it to flourish.

Last Sunday, Pastor Les started out a new series on prayer. If you wanna hear about it, you may come with me to church.