Is there much difference?

I haven’t been able to blog for the longest time. I don’t know, I guess life these days feels slow.. Or I think I just forgot about blogging altogether. Blogging somehow got drained out of my system for some reason.. If this is good or bad, I don’t know..

Anyways, I can’t blog the almost 1 year that I ignored this website.. So I think I’ll just go through the highlights of my 2011. My mid-year evaluation blog I guess.

Well, at the start of the year, I wished/prayed for 3 things:

1. Travel more

2. Have my own business

3. Own my own condo and car

Well, no. 1 is going along quite nicely. I’ve been able to travel a lot this year, I guess I have traveled more than I’ve ever traveled in a year’s time before. I’ve been to 7 destinations and 5 different countries for 2011.

January - Cebu

February - Japan, Singapore, Malaysia

March - Davao (should this be counted? I’m from davao, so is coming home considered as ‘travel’?)

May - Hongkong, Macau

And I also have a few more upcoming trips (3 local and 2 International) later this year — hopefully..  So no. 1 is definitely doing good but this will still be definitely be in my prayer/wish list next year. There are still a lot of places that I would really love to visit. (more on this on a different post)

For no. 2, I’m still not CEO/President of a company..  But I’m investing in something profitable. It’s not a monthly gig but at least I get to Invest my money in something and earn from it. It’s not highly taxing in terms of effort and such.. So it’s actually a good deal..

What I do is I’m an Investor for local adaptation of musicals here in Manila. I shell out a bit of cash and also try to sell tickets. If the show’s sold out, I get a bigger profit. So the goal and the vision would always be a sold-out show. I’ve never been a fan of these things but after I started investing in such, it’s actually a really nice experience.. Something different.

Currently we’re selling tickets for AIDA. It’s a broadway musical with music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice. We’re selling tickets for the July 9, 2011 show. 2 PM and 8 PM at RCBC theatre. hahaha! Plugging. Get the tickets here!

No. 3 is the most difficult of the three. haha! We all know how much these things cost.. Currently, I think I can only invest in one thing and one thing only… Either a car or a condominium.. With my parents help of course. I don’t think I can currently pay for any of those things without anyone’s help. With my travels, rent, lifestyle.. and other non-important wants that I can’t seem to avoid.. This would really need a lot of work… A LOT OF WORK. haha.. Anyways, let’s just see how things roll-out.

From this point of view, I’m actually having a good year.. A great year in fact. Work’s ok. Kinda boring at the moment.. Hopefully it will pick up soon.. and I just realized how much I could’ve blogged from this year’s experiences.. Too bad though. Oh well. I guess I’ll just have to be more diligent next time.

Hunting?

Ever had thoughts of hunting? Maybe you need to unleash the hunter macho man in you? Well, the first step would be to buy hunter boots. Good hunter boots are always an investment. They protect your feet from the harsh environment and keep you comfortable during your entire hunting trip. These boots can be used in muddy or wet areas and the likes. Your hunter wellies could be actually make or break your hunting trip. If I would go hunting, I would definitely get these great boots.

Summer Fun for You and Your Kids!

Summer has already begun and you don’t want your kids to rot inside your homes and just watch tv. This summer, let your kids learn new things and experience new sports or hobbies.

For these summer activities, you would definitely need to buy some new stuff/equipment for them. For example, soccer equipment for your boy and volleyball equipment for your gal. These equipments are shoes, socks, jerseys, balls, and a whole lot of other things. These equipment need not be only for your kids, but you can also use these things for bonding moments with your child.

Definitely, summer should always be something fun and educational for your children. Always try to make the most out of it. For as the cliche goes, time flies! Enjoy your summer everyone.

ay naku

wala lang. ayoko na dito. 

Engagement Anyone?

Well, in my age, the next big step after graduating from college and finding a job would be marrying… then having a family… 

The marriage thought got me thinking… How much would engagement rings and other jewelries cost? haha.. I mean, i’m not planning to marry anyone just yet.. I’m actually not even in a relationship now.. It’s just that having to buy some rocks would be expensive.. I mean i looked for diamonds and i found a .55 carat heart shaped diamond, which is about 5.2mm, and it costs about $2k dollars. I mean i think it’s relatively cheap for a heart shaped diamond, but well.. I really don’t know anything about those things. haha.. But if you’re one ‘em cheap guys, there also rings which cost from $4-$500 and they actually look quite decent. Just don’t let your girl know you’re buying her one of those fake ones. LOL. 

 Oh well. but as they all say, the important thing is the love that you’ll both be sharing after the marriage and not the material things you’ll be having… But if you can have a gigantic rock, why not right? hehe 

Text From Last Night

Remember those nights that you were really drunk? When you woke up, almost everything you did the last night needs to be retold for you to remember them? hahaha.. well, some of the things you were saying may have been sent through texts. haha.. 

textsfromlastnight offers you different messages from different people around.. i don’t know where really.. maybe the world. haha.. it’s really hilarious.. It gets your mind off things. Quite addictive actually. hahaha.. oh well. just click the link.. 

Job Hunting

So i kinda have  a job offer here in davao…. But the pay’s really not what i expected… How i wish it was a good surprise, but hell it wasn’t. The salary’s way too low… really low.. lower than my lowest expected salary. I really don’t know if i should go back to manila already.. I would want to but what if it’ll take me a really long time before i’ll be able to find a job? and it’s not like living in manila is cheap and i don’t think i’ll be able to live cheap in manila.. All the temptations.. The food.. The malls.. The parties.. oh fu…dge! haha..I shouldn’t have left manila in the first place.. oh well.. but i really feel that i’m running out of time… HELP!

Stop with the negativity!

Haha.. So yeah.. I think i should already stop with all this negativity. I am now very much eager to start working and to once again, start my job hunt. though i am still in davao, i’ll still make the best out of it. If by September, i still won’t be able to find a job related to my field, i think that will be the time i’ll go back to manila. For now, i already have lots of mini-jobs in mind. A lot of freelance offers are on my plate right now. So i guess i should really just do it. I will find a job, and a good one at that.  

Blood and Connections

There are times that i wish that i was born rich.. Be one of them heirs of big companies and massive areas of land. Not having problems in the future and always getting to live life to its moment not having any worries or woes. Get to be where i want to be and have every possible opportunity at a snap of my fingers. Some of you reading this might say that i am lazy.. Someone who wants to live life the easy way.. oh well. but that’s life.. and these are one of my lapses. 

Again and Again.

i feel shitty these days. Still don’t have a job.. Still don’t have any direction in life. I wonder when i’ll start working? i actually plan to work for about a year or two.. then after that i would get a scholarship in photography, maybe new york or singapore. Gawd.. How i wish it were that easy. I just want to achieve something. I really feel that I haven’t been able to achieve anything. Even my college degree just seems as if it’s a joke.

I’m actually recalling one of the exams i took for a job.. actually, all the exams that i recently took for a job, i can honestly say that i didn’t do my best in all of them. I actually gave up before i even started answering the exam. When i tried to answer the exams, there was this nostalgic feeling that didn’t excite me at all whenever i’d try to program.. But this is one of the ways that i can earn money… and i still don’t know any other way aside from it.