shit happens and then you live

So I decided to keep my banner, so what if it’s written in French? I guess I’ll continue to learn the language as I have french friends and maybe one day I’ll visit Paris, ayun yun oh! hahaha

It’s crazy how I can laugh about it now, he taught me well, he taught me that men can make a girl feel that it means something when it really means nothing, at all, maybe I misread everything.  I admit it was a misunderstanding and I knew what it was from the very beginning.  Thoughts of him still creeps in sometimes, but it doesn’t bring tears to my eyes anymore and strangely it puts a smile on my face.

Anyway, I’m done talking about him now.  I had two of my tooth extracted last week! but that doesn’t stopped me from pigging out! I have been eating too much lately, not sure if it’s because of stress or depression or whatnot!  So I really need to do extra laps to lose what I’ve gained last month!

I have been thinking of resigning but I am really not responding to other opportunities, I don’t think I really want to leave UBS yet, it’s just that I don’t want the crazy work schedule anymore, but if I think about it, I like where I am now, I’m doing more technical work and learning a lot of stuffs, and my boys are right, they love me there so my only issue is my work schedule which is still a big deal for me because I need a day job to be able to get Maisie back.  I just haven’t found the right job yet.  I turned down the offer with DB because I don’t want to be stuck! I still need to weigh things, the schedule with DB is really good because there’s no night shift, offer is just a bit diff from what I’m earning now but the work is really far from what I do in UBS and I am really not sure I want to give that up just for the sake of no night shifts, besides there are other opportunities, the problem with me is I’m lazy all the time!

Is it really that I’m lazy or is it because I don’t want to leave yet?  Jeremiah keeps telling me he doesn’t see it in me that I really want to leave because I just keep saying I want to but I’m not doing anything about it, I’ve turned down three offers for the last two months already and I am not even exerting effort to look for a new job.

Well it’s already August so I guess 4 more months isn’t so bad, but I swear I’ll start finding a new one next week, I’ll have my CV ready.  It’s frustrating because I thought I wanted that job with DB.

I’m still undecided if I should keep this domain name, I think it will expire next month.

nothing stays the same…

My life since I came back from Manila to get Maisie has been really exhausting.  Work is so toxic and I am getting really fed up with the work loads plus Maisie is stressing me out to the point that I really feel so frustrated.  I feel like I don’t know how to be a parent anymore and I don’t know how to discipline her anymore.   I always tell her she needs to be patient and be considerate because it’s just the two of us now and I can’t always be besides her all the time.  I am thankful of friends/housemates because they are my family here and they support and help me with everything, if not for them I already gave up and give Maisie back to my mom.

But I am happy, he told me I should be proud of myself, and if I come to think of it, I am! It’s not easy being a single parent in a foreign country but I think I am coping up well, it’s really tiring and sometimes I just want to cry, in fact there are few times already that I cried myself to sleep because I really feel so frustrated.  But I love her and even though sometimes I feel like giving up and I’m thinking of giving her back to my mom, I still can’t do it.  It’s only been a month since she started living with me, and I cannot push her to adjust to this new life overnight and I have to remind myself that.

and I definitely need a new job, a day job preferably.

I need something to distract me as well, I’m falling and it’s scaring the hell out of me.

I dreamt of you the other night and it was not pleasant, you said goodbye and I just stood frozen while you walk away and a good friend was standing besides me comforting me, I wasn’t crying but it felt so real and it felt like dying.  It’s so weird and you told me it’s not real.  You’re not mine, you will never be but why do I have this feeling that my world will fall apart if I lose you?

death ends life, not a relationship

Kanagasabapathy “Saba”

Our manager got a call from India about Saba’s death last friday and it just hit me that I need to stop whining. I was literally crying on my desk while I was working after our manager gave a final announcement that he died.  He was one of the best guy in the team.

He was the one who raised the request for my account creations when I joined the team, he was very friendly. He was not just a colleague or a mate, he was a good friend, a brother and a mentor. He was an inspiration. He went back home to his homeland for his birthday and he was so excited, he was even facebook-ing before the car accident happened that caused his death . He used to always give me pranks calls on my desk phone before he goes home, or tease me and try to snatch my food or drinks. He was a good man and it was a great loss for his loved ones and for the team.

He will surely be missed and he will always be in our thoughts and prayers.

and I hurt… then I laugh!

You know what they say that when you’re feeling ultimate happiness be aware that the next thing will be a heart break? and vice versa

I had a great day until I got a call from Maisie and she was really sobbing and telling me she wants to be with me so bad, it breaks my heart hearing her cry so much and made me smile when she told me she will get her passport and fly here tomorrow! Like she can do that. Then when I got to office I got this news from two of my Filipino team mates that they intend to leave the company as soon as possible :( made me confused if I should leave too or not.  I really don’t want to leave yet but if people are leaving how I can stay happy here? Maybe I’ll consider just going back to Manila.

Anyway, ever since I felt so low after talking to Maisie on phone, Bert Thompson Unix Zurich Admin crack the hell out of me, oh well he never fails to make me laugh.  You know what people say that Unix Admins are mostly condescending?  Bert just refuted that!

I was just watching at their conversation in the channel.

Bert: ping sectools … my securid auth is failing for some reason.
Sectool Guy: Hi Bert
Bert: hi Mark, voila…
Sectool Guy: What are you
Bert: umm… a human?
Bert: this is on dcweb.zur
Sectool Guy: I was gonna ask what are you getting
——– Issue got fixed without knowing the real cause ——–
Bert: as usual, i will attribute this to gremlins…. or leprechauns.
Sectool Guy: hey!…I’m Irish leprechauns only do good things…lol
Bert: ok, thrown cold water on that theory then.  8^)
Sectool Guy: if u catch him I get the gold…
Bert: ok. deal… i get the cool green hat though.
Sectool Guy: all yours. I’ll buy my own

and I just couldn’t help it I pinged Bert

Me: 4:14 AM        Bert        umm… a human?  <– lmao
Him: 8^)
Him: it’s was the only sensible answer.  8^)
Me: I was kinda expecting you would say something funny hahaha
Him: i try my best to entertain  8^)
Me: Bert        as usual, i will attribute this to gremlins…. or leprechauns.  — hahaha
Him: 8^)
Him: don’t underestimate gremlins.  8^)
Him: fact:  they cause 83% of compiler errors
Me: hahahaha
Him: and 105% of all RAC cluster failures.