Complexities of Living

I decide to spend some relaxing Saturday as I need to relax and unwind myself from the busy days of the week. Me and my brother meet in the downtown mall and agree to join for dinner. There is a newly opened specialty restaurant located at the fifth floor. We try their dishes. I ordered a menu of chicken in soy sauce while my brother orders the sizzling plate of pork sisig. What makes  us enjoy our dinner are the servings of their halo-halo. It is made of crushed fine ice is sweet syrup combined with sweetened fruits. It is not the typical halo-halo that we used to taste in other restaurants. These cool treats taste so unique as a dessert after our hearty dinner. Great coolers to unwind for the weekend.

I had a great get together with my friends last weekend. It was a reunion with one of our male friend who just arrived from his job overseas.  He is a music performer in a luxury ship for five years now. We just miss him because it is his  first time to be home after years of being away. It was a perfect time for all of us to gather and celebrate his homecoming. I was the one who organized the program,venue and the food servings for the get together.  There was a short program made for our friend and we listened to his speech as he talked about his nice and wonderful experiences being a musician in a world class cruise ship.  His unforgettable experience was when he was given an ace frehley les paul. It is a special kind of guitar made as a tribute to the rock and roll legend . The guitar was given to him as a token on one of his performance . My friend felt  so special because his music talent was recognized and was given such kind of gift. He presented to us the guitar and started to play it for the night’s celebration.  Everybody enjoyed the party of nice acoustic music until early hours of the morning. We all look forward for  another get together before he will be back overseas next month.

The department of tourism just recently launched a new slogan which is “its more fun in the Philippines”.  It is about promoting the country as a fun place to visit. It is also a way of making the country known as a nice place with lots of islands and spots that would truly make a visitor feel happy while enjoying the fun of visiting the nice spots that the country has to offer. I immediately tagged the photo in the facebook website and have myself as a follower of this popular tourism slogan. I could truly say that there is really  more fun here in the country and I will never replace it  but rather continue help in the pursuit of making proud of the country where I live.

I am feeling light headed this morning as I slept very late at night already. Already early morning actually  because I needed to finalized my credentials for submission this week. I worked on my resume  by updating it and at the same time editing its contents as well.  It took me a couple of hours because I cannot locate the old file that I had. I  had to copy and paste from the old file to the new one. It was quite tedious but I patiently finished it before going to sleep. I also made a copy of my application letter. My busy morning lead me to be absent from work half day. I see to it that I can email the attachments  of my credentials for printing before one in the afternoon. At five o’clock, my credentials are already intact inside an envelop and ready for submission. I get a relief after accomplishing my tasks today.

I miss eating some meat menu for the past weeks. I am not really a carnivorous person as I eat meat based dishes in moderation only. With some longing and craving, I have decided to cook this pork adobo menu at home. It is made of pork belly special cuts then slowly cooked into selected spices like onions, garlic, pepper, soy sauce and selected seasonings. The liquid here includes some soy sauce, vinegar and soft drink. Boiled in slow heat until the meat tenders and the sauce thickens.  It tasted so delicious that everyone at home cant stop from having some more rice in their individual plates.  For me, this is one signature dish that my family would always love to eat.

At last my home renovation was completed the other day. I feel so great now that my work and dedication are  finally achieved. It is time for some interior furnishings. The first area that I want to furnish is my bedroom since I consider it as my personal sanctuary. I read that we spend  more than half of our life in our bed through sleeping. A comfortable rustic bedding was  delivered yesterday and I choose this kind of furniture because of its quality over time. It has been my personal choice  from the living room, dining table, cabinets and more. It feels so good to relax and spend nights in my new bedroom.  I think I have to recommend the furniture to my relatives and friends as well because of the nice and quality experience that I got with my new home furnishing.

It was a nice mall tour for me one weekend afternoon. I brought my ever ready digital camera with me. This was shot of a mall’s concrete work of art. It was beautifully located at the entrance lawn area where it can be seen before entering the main door entrance. I think it is made of a cement that was specially designed as an art then had them painted with beautiful colors as an outdoor display. This was the first time that I saw this kind of art in the mall. Maybe part of attracting the shoppers and to grab their attention while strolling around the mall’s vicinity.  I hope to visit some more areas on the back part of the mall when I can have more time to roam hopefully soon. A nice work of art that is worth a shot.

My aunt is one special person for me. I consider her as a woman of strength through the years. She has been my mentor, second mother and  a respected elder next to my parents. At her prime age now, she is still active and living life to the best she can be. I think that she deserves my special gift especially this coming valentines day. I know she never had experienced such special attention before but now I want to give her a happiness that she truly deserves. The love day is special and I am planning to buy some valentine’s gifts for her. Something sweet like a set of strawberry chocolates,  a sleeping wardrobe and a pair of bedroom slippers.  I like her to be comfortable in living and also have time to taste the sweetness of life. For sure she will be surprise of these gifts that I will be giving this coming hearts’ day.

It is always fun to received gifts like this mug set.  Me and my other office mates were not expecting that our boss would gave us her holiday token to all her staff before the year 2011 ended.  The mug set consists of a ceramic cup, ceramic cover and a small stirring spoon. I have another set to put on my kitchen utensils at home. When I brought it at home, my sister seemed interested in the set and so she requested me to had the set be hers since she will be going for a seminar and the mug set could be very useful for her morning   coffee. I just gave it to her anyway.  Thanks for this mug set gift.

I suppose to be early for work today being the first day of the working week. Fixing the morning to get ready occupied my first wee hours of the morning. I leave home by seven o’clock and proceed to the jeepney stop to wait for a ride.  I am thinking that I am being tease by time. It is almost eight o’clock and I have not ride any transportation  yet. Very irritating in the early time of the day but I try to control myself not to get affected by this early annoyance.  I am able to get a ride about past eight o’clock already.  I go straight to the downtown district and have the package sent by my uncle be pick up.  I decide to report to the office at noon time because it is useless to report very late already. Now I am spending time here while waiting for the noon break. What a Monday!