the original golden tsinelas is back! <3

i can't believe my luck when we found a pair of grendha golden slippers - the exact pair/style which i lost a few months ago. and here's the bonus ... it's on sale! :) i really believe it was for me because when we found it, it's the only remaining style and color on my size. happiness!!!



the story behind the golden tsinelas: 2 years ago, when i was still working in sykes, i bought this cute slippers in shoe salon, gateway. it was priced at around 1600++ php at that time, a bit costly but i wanted it so badly. it was the only remaining slippers i had that stood the test of time. fast forward: middle of 2009, i left it on a taxi together with a pair of pants (which is also my favorite) on the way to a client. i was depressed for a time, until i replaced it with another golden slippers. even though it's durable and comfortable, it couldn't quite replace the old one i had.



last dec. 28, jel and i went to trinoma to watch a movie. after a while we lost the eagerness to watch and we window shop instead. after a few ikot inside landmark, i was surprised when he showed me this only pair of grendha slippers at Php777.00! it is the same color, style and size like the pair i lost. kahit wala akong pera binili ko siya (via jel's cc, thank you very much!). i promised to pay him the following day.



what's more amazing is that this specific design has been discontinued two years ago. ang galing-galing!



welcome back, my golden tsinelas... <3

Christmas Crunchtime

Four days left before Christmas and I haven't done my Christmas shopping (as if there's plenty of money to spend). Actually, Jel and I haven't done our shopping yet. We were supposed to go to Divi last Saturday/Sunday but unfortunately we were not able to wake up early due to lantern parade/impromptu reunion which lasted til 12 midnight. He was down with flu last week also so he needs a lot of rest. We went to Greenhills Saturday afternoon but we ended up buying clothes for ourselves (hihee). I got myself a nice blouse, a pair of shorts and skinny jeans. He bought a pair of pants. =)

Later I'll see if I can buy ingredients for the goodies I'll bake for noche buena and for the gifts. I hope they won't cost that much, though. :)

when God said no

(This blog is dedicated to my schoolmate, fellow HR practitioner, Sykes resignee and jobseeker, Krystel Lilac "Lilacables" Pena. Girl, you are not alone. This one's for us).

I just received the much-anticipated phone call from the Australian HR Director of the company I was applying in. Modesty aside, I was pretty confident with my application status: interviews and all exams are quite easy for me. So in my mind, the conversion might go something like this: 'Congratulations, we are extending you the job offer for the position of blah blah blah.."

Sounds nice, huh?
But no. It did not go that way.

She said that I might be more suitable for other position so they've accepted someone else. Oh well. Maybe because the work itself is going to be too admin type, and I am currently searching for a higher post. I said thank you and ended the call. I sounded fine, but at the back of my mind, I was thinking, "why not me?", and to think that I seem to be more competent than the other applicants. Yes. Angas UP na naman.

I got bitter for a while, but then I forced myself to think why it did not go as I expected. Then I thought, God is saying no.

Why is God saying no?
Maybe because it's not for me.
But why?
Because I got too confident and I forgot to ask Him for guidance and discernment.
Uh-oh. Guilty mode.

Yes. I forgot to ask God. And I got too excited about the prospect of having a better career opportunity. It's a fault on my part, but on the other hand, I also thought that maybe God is saving me from possible stress and misery at work. Maybe I am veering away from my goal, which is to find a better career opportunity. Maybe I am showing distrust; that I am not relying in His promise that he will not leave me nor forsake me.

God is so good. And God is so wise. I may not see His plans for me right now but I know they are beautiful. But of course, I need to rely on Him more and rely on me less.

So now, I'm back with job hunting. Still got a few active applications left. I just hope I won't forget the lesson that I learned this day.

Busy as a Bee, Lazy as a Log

December is really the busiest month for an HR practitioner like me. All of a sudden, all departments will ask for reports and all sorts of stuff - STAT! No to mention the renewal of HR-driven projects, 13th month processing, on top of the day-to-day support and admin. I cannot seem to enjoy my weekends anymore without thinking of my pending tasks for the coming week. I hate this kind of feeling -- I should be enjoying my rest days without any hint of guilt.

Oh well, such is life. This is the profession I chose so I need to deal with the "do or die" principles" of being an HR. I've been having stomach irritation for the past few days and my appetite fluctuates again. Signs of stress and restlessness again.

And not to mention the lack of sleep. I wish I could have more time to snooze, especially now that the air is soo cool and it's so hard to leave your comfy bed. Sometimes I wonder why I seem so tired after the end of the day when all I do is sit in front of the computer for 8++ hours. Hmm.

Honestly, I suck at time management now. I'm juggling three major things: my work, my part-time work and my job hunting for future work. You see, I already tendered my resignation effective next year, so I need to get a replacement for me and at the same time, I need to find a job for me as well. So aside from lurking all job portal sites, I am also doing part-time work by marketing a website which was launched just recently. It also takes time, though.

Sorry, I just need to rant for a while. My neurons will die soon from too much thinking if I don't get a breather. Whew. Got to go back to my work. An urgent report is badly needed.

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