I am Corporate Junkie.: 2012

Dec 19, 2012

A Grinch's Wish for Christmas

This might just be the bleakest Christmas ever -- Pablo devastating the Mindanao area with hundreds of people who died, children killed in mass shooting and my own internal turmoil. I was reading an article about all those who died in the Sandy Hook shooting and goosebumps were trailing my whole body. So many wasted lives -- kids who lit up their parents' lives, a therapist whose boyfriend was supposed to...

Before the lazy virus attacks me again, I am maximizing the things which I wanted to write about for some days now. There is a fairly familiar resto which was introduced to me by a close friend several years ago. This is where we used to hang out whenever we had heartaches and problems to mull over. The place is not only...

I am not a foodie. However, I like certain kinds of food - steaks, pork, Japanese food and despite the fact that it is not good for me, oysters. Last week, I got invited to a victory party and they were hosting it in Dusit Thani Manila. And once again, Basix did not disappoint. Basix does not only serve these favorites I mentioned...

On Writing: Eeyoric

In the silence of the room, I got to acknowledge what I really feel. I feel void. Confused. Confused because I do not understand what is going on around me. Despite wracking my brains, I could not understand. I am so confused and flabbergasted. I do not know why the tables are turned towards me. I am not washing my hands. In fact, I do apologize for the hurtful words that come out of my mouth. I apologize for the profanity....

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably...

On Writing: A Love I Never Had (A Repost)

September 3Tomorrow I will see him. I don't know how I could face him. I don't know how to stand the hatred that I will be seeing on his face -- the betrayal, the pain that I have caused. My stomach is twisting into tight knots and my chest is constricted I could faint now.I lay on the bed and saw his picture on my side table -- a silly smirk across his face as he was pinning me down because he wouldn't give me some of his ice...

Scary Typhoons are well... scary.

Living in the Philippines is a love and hate situation. This country boasts of a plethora of varied and wonderful flora and fauna, rich heritage and history due to the influences of many cultures who have set foot on this land and of course the 7,107 islands that you can explore. However, we are also faced with a lot of uncontrollable challenges especially when typhoon season happens. For this year, it was estimated...

Reminiscing the Ramen Experience

Last February, I was able to visit Japan for the first time. Together with some media friends, we visited the CP+ expo in Yokohama (more on the trip in the next posts). Before heading to Yokohama though, we visited this ramen place in Dazaifu in Fukuoka. I have never really liked noodles and I was a little bit disappointed when I...

Coron / Busuanga has become one of my earmarked vacation places. The crystal clear waters, the flourishing flora and fauna -- it is really a great place to relax. I have previously blogged about the first part of our Coron Island Tour which happened on the second day of our trip. For the first part of this tour, please click here. Our...

The Coron Island Tour - Part I

"The newt play the flute, The carp play the harp, The plaice play the bass, And they soundin' sharp The bass play the brass, The chub play the tub, The fluke is the duke of soul. The ray he can play, The ling's on the strings, The trout's rocking out, The blackfish she sings, The smelt and the sprat, They know where it's at, And oh,...

El Rio Y Mar: Simply Paradise Part II

I would not tire of saying this again, but I have fallen in love with Coron. Or shall I say, I have fallen in love with El Rio Y Mar. I have already written about the kinds of accommodation that you can avail if you are considering this lovely resort. If you haven't seen that post, click here. So now, I will walk you through the remaining...

El Rio Y Mar: Simply Paradise Part I

"Take me somewhere I can breathe, I've got so much to see, this is where I want to be in a place I can call mine." - Pure Shores, All Saints I've always loved the beach. I do not know what draws me to it -- maybe it is the scorching heat of the sun (I never really liked the cold), the sound of the waves crashing on the...

Chronicling Coron

Disclaimer: The past four days that I have been out of civilization made me realize one thing -- posting photos of the places I go to may not be enough. Why? Because my short-term memory is as crappy as ever. So kindly indulge me as I chronicle important things through some words and a little "photography".. Date: November 22...

Bipolar Mania Disorder

"Bipolar disorder is a condition in which people experience intermittent abnormally elevated (manic or hypomanic) and, in many cases, abnormally depressed states for periods of time in a way that interferes with functioning." - Check Wiki link here. So I have opened up to my husband some years ago that I may have bipolar disorder and just tonight, that topic just reappeared out of the blue. It got me thinking. I...

The Dingbat Who Feels - A Repost from March 2006

"There's something beautiful in the falling grace of a falling star." - Louise Sybing I loved falling stars. When I was young, I used to sit outside our house on my very small chair in the early hours of the evening. Back in the province, six o'clock is like midnight. Every window or door is closed -- everyone propped inside the house, watching telenovelas or something. My sister used to play paper dolls which I drew and cut...

Salvation

"Crawl inside your cave, Davos. Crawl inside and shrink up small and the ship will go away, and no one will trouble you ever again. Sleep on your stone pillow, and let the gulls peck out your eyes while the crabs feast on your flesh. You've feasted enough of them, you owe them. Hide, smuggler, Hide, and be quiet, and die." - A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow, George R. R. Mart...

Quantifying Pain

“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength...

Loving Unconditionally

"I am going to sit here with you by the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you — until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life." - Paulo Coelho There are many forms of love. There are four kinds according to C.S. Lewis in his book The Four Loves -- Storge, Philia, Eros and Agape. Storge means affection...

Don't Rain On My Parade

“...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.” ― Leo F. Buscaglia I started blogging in 2005. It was an outlet for boredom and a way to get things off my chest. This is because I have never been good with personal interface. I would just rather...

Haters Gonna Hate

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Phobic

“Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.” -Paulo Coelho, Brida Emotion, despite having lots of it, paralyzes me when it comes from other people. I cringe when someone shares with me their happiness or devastation or whatever...

Changes

"People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same." – Paulo Coelho This year has been a rollercoaster of change -- a lot of firsts in my personal and professional life. I was able to visit Beijing and Japan for the first time. The latter, a little more significant since Japanese culture has intrigued me since I was a small girl. I was assigned to my first stint outside of...

Emotional Paralysis

"Boredom is rage spread thin." -Paul Tillich I hate having episodes. There is nothing I want to do but curl up in bed. Everything around me is in topsy-turvy. A lot of commotion everywhere. But I am battling my own turmoil inside. I was trying to find some adequate reason for this detachment that I am feeling and what Tillich said seemed to make perfect sense. My boredom is my rage within. Something which I could not...

A Daughter's Love

To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter. –Euripides I never thought I would see the day my father would cry. I did. Fortunately, I just saw it in pictures. It would have been heartbreaking to actually see him crumble. My father is an epitome of strength, sometimes bordering into sternness. I can still vividly...

The Start of Forever

As perfect as I imagined it to be. Balot and Edzel: Same Day Edit from Jason Magbanua on Vime...

On Writing: Gratitude

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson I just posted in my Facebook account that I am having a severe mental block. Although I have promised myself to populate this site with one blog a day (they say this is the...

On Writing: Stitches and Burns

I maybe a masochist but that is fine; because I know what kind of pain can kill me. You however, are a sadist. You keep on hurting me -- and you are breaking me into pieces. People have different propensity to pain – physical or emotional. I consider myself at the higher tolerance level of this grid. So when I begin to cocoon myself, you have really hurt me good. However, there are also two kinds of people – the people...

On Writing: My Pursuit for Happy-ness

"A happiness project is an approach to changing your life." -The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin A month ago, I read this book from Regina Brett about Life's Little Detours. It talked about finding and holding on to happiness. No, I am not here to talk philosophically what happiness is all about or preach happiness is a choice or what-not. What I really want to share is this longing I have to improve my perspective in life. I...

Ohana

They say you cannot choose your family. But if I could have had, I would still choose ours. <3 -ETAmechachurra, 032912 The inventors of our weird names, ladies and gentlemen, Ernesto and Lucy! Quatro Marias. Ela, Kristine, Lucerne, Ernalou. Haha. Weird names :) Home is where your heart is. And for all my existence,...

Insomniac On the Loose

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.” - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote I rarely sleep before midnight. Maybe it is the enormous load of caffeine I take in during the day. Or maybe it is because of the books that are waiting to be read, or blogs waiting to be typed or games waiting to be played. But seriously, I feel that there...

Abysmal Distortions, A Repost

I cringe at the sounds of the clicking keyboard at the doze of the night that stands still A lonely desolate heart in the midst of an abyss that keeps on pulling me to the darkness. The heart cries and bleeds for the loss of things that were never there Hallucinations that fed the deception False promises that chokes til death. And at the brink of the reality that came too fast Everything was...

What I Want to Say When Words Can't Still Compose My Emotions

My heart is full of emotions. Things I wanna say. Things I rather keep to myself. And then I stumbled on this -- and the rawness of the feelings is something that I just want to share to you. Because it has cut through me like a sharp knife. Someday I wish I could capture these feelings in a literature like this. Enjoy! xx, Corporate Junkie ~~ “It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what...

"All I need at the moment is for you to embrace me, a gesture as old as humanity itself, and which means far more than the meeting of two bodies. An embrace means: I don't feel threatened by you; I'm not afraid to be this close; I can relax, feel at home, feel protected and in the presence of someone who understands me. It is said that...

Courage

"You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up until now: restlessness, uncertainty, lies. And in the place of all this, you will write the word courage. By beginning the journey with that word and continuing faith in God, you will arrive wherever you need to arrive." The future is uncertain. So today, I will cry if I need to cry, get mad when I need to get mad. And sleep with a hope in my heart...

Red Balloon

I just have to share this -- amazing masterpiece! <3 Script by yours truly. Direction by Paolo Lindaya of Grilled Cheese Studios <www.grilledcheesestudios.weebly.com> BALOT + EDZEL Save The Date from Grilled Cheese Studios on Vimeo. Special thanks to -- Tep Lindaya, Bopeep Arcenas & Aby Wei as the girls at the park Vince Utzurrm as Manong Lobo :) Paolo Correa - Assistant to the Director :)&nb...

One Step At A Time

"When in doubt, do the next right thing. It's usually something quite small." - Life's Little Detours, Regina Brett I will never be a doormat. This is what I keep on reminding myself. I just know when to act on certain matters. Or so I thought. I wait for the right time to act on things. Especially when it concerns people....

Decision. Indecision.

"There is always a right moment to act." - Aleph, Paulo Coelho The month of March in my Paulo Coelho Day Planner is all dedicated to decision or making decisions, for that matter. Funny because it seems to be a very apt moment for me to be lectured on these things. I always believe in being at the right moment at the right time and somehow, this is another manifestation of it. In my life, there are...

Character

"WHAT you have does not make you. It's WHO you have that matters." I posted this on Twitter last night after a hearty talk with friends. This has been a long overdue topic running inside my mind like crazy and I am finally setting it off. I don't have anything against people who love material things. I only have something for people who define their character or judge other people by their status in life, what shoes...

Dreams & Crossroads

I left Bacolod because I wanted to preserve my dream. There is no doubt that all I want to do in life is to be a marketer. Push me to whichever company but there is nothing that I would want to do but build brands and be able to connect to the consumer. That was just a dream before. A reality now. It was around SEVEN years ago, a few months after graduation from La Salle Bacolod that I had the...

Kuya's at the Fort

There's this great resto near my place which always satisfy my penchant for Filipino food -- Kuya's at the Fort. Located at Bayani Road, this place has a very accommodating staff and a very cozy ambiance suited for either a quiet dinner or an after-office rendezvous. Two things will always be on my tab every time I go here...

I Am Corporate Junkie: Starting All Over Again

Stephen King once wrote, "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." I think this is where my inspiration for writing is really coming from. Because I have the insatiable penchant for reading. I jump from one book to another (currently reading Winner Stands Alone, Clash of the Kings and Kafka on the Shore) and hope to finish them if they are good. Sadly, I have been...