just a little unwell

Today is one of the very few times that I stayed home the whole day... Yes! That is because I'm not so well.

I don't wanna say I'm sick. I'm just a little unwell.

It started with colds yesterday. I usually don't take medicines pag may sipon. Pero since may nagmagandang loob to give me some meds and a bottle of lemon juice, I took colds tablet and have a short rest (I got out from work early). I still have a function to attend to sa gabi - NAMA-UAE General Meeting.

I was okei naman during the event. Buti hindi ako hinaching ng hinaching dun kagaya nung nasa office ako. I was home past 12 am and decided to take rest agad.

And this morning, it isn't the usual okei feeling. But i need to get up. Hindi na rin naman kase ako makatulog. Started doing the laundry after the morning rituals and a not so hearty breakfast. My brother has been doing the laundry the past weeks so it's time na ako naman.

I started feeling cold again this afternoon even after two tablets of Paracetamol! And now my eye bags are puffy na parang I haven't slept.

I hope tom I'll be SO WELL.

HaPpY HaPpeNiNGs ...SEPTEMBER Rewind!

Sept. 1 - Dinner Celebration at Baitong
Congratulations Ate Catz for being one of UAE's licensed driver!

For all those who doesn't know, it isn't easy to get a driver's license here. Hence, this event really calls for a celebration.

while the others are getting ready, the rest are having photo sessions

Teng-teng (Captain Barbell Dubai Version) & Me

(Wishing to be slim) Me & (Fatty) Xandz

Time to Eat
She's eating much & it isn't new

Gwapo (Handsome) c Josh

Cuties! =)

Kiddos

Purple & Pink & oily faces

ApPLe, Ate Cathy & Leyz

September 1 is also the start of Ramadan kaya naman office hrs is shortened. For me, 2 hrs less time sa work! Wow! =)

Sept. 5 - Ate Bing's Birthday Celebration
Another special occassion for the barkada. Everyone's at the mansion (that's how we call the flat in Bur Dubai. It's so spacious, that's why).

picture...

...picture!

gifts presentation...

bday girl with Ton-Ton & Tin-Tin

with our Ate Beng with Jun-Jun, Anne & Tuni

with Teodz

with K. Francis & Me

macho daw, happy birthday girl & long haired me (Ate Bing showing her golden make-up kit)

with the barkada's new couple, Xandz & Ate Cathz (& their gift from Ace hardware)another shot for their bonggang Lacoste gift (uhm, d lang kita. hehe!)

Ate Loves with Kuya Loves... LV gift! sosyal! =)

Time to do VIDEOke...while drinking the nyt away

Sept. - Coffee Chizmizan at Starbucks & Burger King
Nothing to celebrate. Just wanted to unwind.

Partners still

Johnz, para kanino 'tong picture natin? charing!

Since Starbucks is closing earlier than we wanted to go home, we decided to head to Burger King.

More chika, more photos...

E, bakit ako lang? super close up pa! =)

let's have some group photos...

hindi masyado kita c Johns

again (take 2!)...

Birdz, you're not so kita
again (take 3!)...

Ayan! =)
hindi naman kami sobrang masaya ng lagay na 'to! =)

Acknowledgment:

Sept. 1 & 5 photos are taken (using his DSLR), re-sized & sent by Xandz.

Starbucks & burger king photos are taken by Teodz, Johns & Birdz using my camphone & Birdz' digicam.

Note:

This post has been in my drafts folder for the longest time! hehe! =)

Another set of happy moments that I could look back to.

THANK YOU, guys! =)

SiLeNCe

My blog has been silent for quite some time. Not that i don't have the time to blog. Just preferred reading instead of writing during the past weeks. There are so much to blog about. A lot of things happened the past month and the recent weeks.

Soon i'll have a rewind of those good & happy days. The sad ones? Guess it would be better not to write about those times... today, actually, is one of those not so good times... =(


Apol on emote mode

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"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plansto prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

FridaY FuN DaY c",)

10 October 2008

We (my Dubai Kapamilya friends) had a chance na magkasama-sama kahapon. They called me and asked to go sa Mansion. I though t we'll just hang out at magkukulitan to the max sa bahay. Alam ko pupunta rin kase ung College schoolmate namin who was here pla early this year pa (pero hindi sya natuloy). Hanep naman may pupuntahan palang party, wala akong kaalam alam. My get up? The usual Bur Dubai (that's where the mansion is) japorms - shirt, shorts & sneaks. Buti na lang children's party naman pala, sa Burger King. It was Jayron's (ate Bing's Nephew) 7th bday. I had a great time eating. haha! PG talaga ako! Hindi naman obvious, d ba Kuya MM? I mean Kuya Francis! =)

(MM = Matandang Mayaman)

After the party, there has been a plan of going out. But later we decided to just stay at the Mansion and just have some bottles of beer and do our fave past time - Videoke and kulitan! I decided to stay. But since I have pasok this (usual KJ) Saturday, I went home muna to get my things. Salamat sa driver.

Everyone was there, as in complete ang cast of characters! =) Sayang lang I wasn't able to take photos. I have a couple of pix taken using my phone but I look super taba so i will not post it here. haha! (Okay, fine. the photos are not lying. I really am mataba. Pero basta hindi ko ishe-share ung photos!) C Xandry kase was not feeling fine kaya walang picture, picture. (O, sya magpagaling para maraming picture sa susunod... un pla un!)

Well, I had fun. Really!

Sa mga fans kong nakakaaliw, u made the night FUNnier. Kumuzta na lang sa inyo... Hi, Kuya MM & Jhun! (wag na natin isama cna Teodz, Johnz at Xandz, masaya na sila) Wag kayong mag-aaway! charot! =)
Hindi naman siguro ito mababasa ng mga hopefully soon to be GF's nyo. ;)

Note:
I had half the tall red horse can last night, slept at 2am but still able to get up on time and not even having the usual antok feeling at work today.

Conclusion:
Red horse if not overly consumed and drank at a speed of 1 gulp per 30 min. would have an effect much like of caffeine. haha! =)

This' just ain't Me

My friends know me as Maka-MASA (masandal-tulog) girl, I easily get to sleep ke asan pa 'ko basta nakasandal, maayos man ang pwesto o hindi lalo na pag idle or bumibyahe. But lately, medyo hirap ako makatulog agad and I'm having mabababaw sleeps. In fact, yesterday I was able to watch Aga and Anne's "When Love Begins" ng buo at ni hindi dinalaw ng antok. Considering na nakahiga pa ko nun. Then we started another movie, ung "Close to You" nila Bea, John Lloyd & Sam. No signs of antok pa rin but I transferred from the sofa kung san nakasiksik at nakatulog na c Kuya Francis (naunahan pa nya 'ko sa sleeping session!) to the cushioned floor thinking it would be more comfy & I could have a nap. I just wanted to sleep so being puyat won't show in my face. Note that I had only around 4 hrs of sleep the night before (or should I say that morning kze Ate Catz & I slept at 6am!). Yah, nakatulog ako pero it's so mababaw nagigising ako sa bawat daan ng mga kiddos who are playing around. Normally, kahit umiiyak pa cla sa tabi ko hindi pa rin ako nagigising.

Then, this morning I heard my phone ringing. So, what's unusual about that? The fact that it was able to wake me up at 5 o'clock and the phone was placed malayo from the bed. After asking, "Pol, ano nga ung stone na sabi mo sa'kin nung nasa SGP tayo?", she said, tulog na daw ako ulit. huh?! Oh well, that's my mom! I closed my eyes hoping na makakatulog ulit. I wa able to but was up again before 6am.

This sleeping problem started last Thursday or may be last Wednesday. This isn't normal. And this' just ain't ME!

ApPLe
(hindi na yata) Maka-MASA girl

Being Away

I called my mom yesterday morning (past 9am in UAE, past 1pm in PI). She said she was in a Doctor's clinic to have her eyes checked. Tinanong ko kung sinong kasama nya. Sabi nya, "Wala.". My dad is in Manila. He needs to buy some stuff. But she said she's okay then later cuts the conversation as it is already her turn.

It saddens me na malayo ako. Kung nasa Pinas ako at least she'll have a company sa mga check ups nya. I could ask her to have her check ups scheduled on wkends para wala akong work or I could make paalam sa work if the need is urgent.

Hay, malungkot! This is one of the hardships one has to bear being away from his/her Family. Mahirap maiwan, dahil naranasan ko na yan when I was in Pinas and my mom is working abroad. Pero mahirap din ung ikaw ang nasa malayo. You can't be there right away pag gusto mo o pag alam mong kelangan ka nila.

This morning, I've learned that my officemates' (sisters cla) father passed away. Kahapon daw. Imagine the agony, kahit gaano nila kagusto to see their dad agad, to hug their mom, they cannot immediately do it. Iiyak ka then later kelangan mo ma-realize ang mga dapat mong gawin... agad! hey, kelangan mo mag-check ng earlieast available flight pauwi and have your things ready... sad!

Pero hindi lang sa kanila nangyari 'yan. Marami pa sa ibang officemates ko at sa iba pang Pinoys working abroad. And I pray that they'll have the courage to move on and the strength to be away again. Dahil kahit hindi pa tapos ang grievance, babalik na naman sa pagiging malayo para magtrabaho.

Sa mga ganitong pagkakataon, naiisip ko tuloy 'bakit kase umalis pa ko?'. Pro alam ko sa mga ganitong pagkakataon mas kelangan ko sabihin sa sarili ko na 'May choices ako noon pero eto ang option na pinili ko. At dahil nandito ako, kelangan kong gawin ang kelangan kong gawin.'

I pray that the good LORD would continue to bless my family (and their families) with good health & safety. And by the time na able na ako to be in Pinas for good (Don't want to be forever working abroad. Neither do i want to migrate to other country) i could still enjoy their presence at HOME.

APPLE, 27, OFW

Thank GOD it's ThUrsdaY!

I'm always looking forward for this day to come. Salamat, last working day na naman! And at this point na am not so enthusiastic bout my job, doble ang saya sa pagdating ng araw na 'to.

Tonight I can do anything. Pedeng mag-stay ng late at hindi mag-worry that i will not have enough sleep again. Pedeng super tulog! =)

Btw, one yr na pala since I first posted an entry here. Talaga naman. Ang bilis ng panahon.

Happy One Year to my page and happy Thursday to Us! =)

Cheers! c",)

Your Negotiation is Not GOOD!

What would you do if your immediate superior tells you you're skills are not good enough?

I have some items to buy na pending for the longest time. Paano ba naman isa lang pala ang pagkukunan. Ni-raise ko na 'tong concern ko sa superior ko ang sagot sakin bilhin ko muna ung iba then deal with the others later. Repeat order pala sya. Dun lang sa vendor na un nakakuha ung isang kasama ko para sa mga naunang projects (wala pa ko nun sa New Build Rig Procurement). At para sa pangatlong rig namin na nasa akin ung Purchase Requisition para sa same item lahat na ng vendors namin para sa item na un napag-inquiran ko na. Pati dun sa ibang vendors na bago pa lang nag-iintroduce sa company namin nag-inquire din ako. Pero wla clang mai-offer na ganun. Ang mga superior ko sabi kakausapin na din nila ung superiors nung vendor na pinag-requestan namin ng quote.

Ang tagal ko kayang naghintay ng quotation. Finally, sinend sa 'kin ang offer. Ang kaso 9% increase dun sa previous price nila. Tsk, tsk. Need to negotiate. Kaso talagang un na daw ang price. So cannot proceed pa rin ako sa order placement. Malaki ung percentage increase na un para sa 6 month period lang. I approached our procurement coordinator. Pagpasok ko ng rum nya medyo busy pa sya. So kahit deadmatology sya sa presence ko nagsalita ako kase hindi un titingin or titigil sa ginagawa nya until magsalita ako.

Me: This is the quotation from chuvanez for the chenez item.

Procurement Coordinator still looking at his monitor. Then turns to me and say

"Genevieve, your negotiation is not good."

He's referring to the PO made for pipes I submitted yesterday na until now nasa table pa nya kase d pa nya pinipirmahan. Same case. Previous prices cannot be retained. Eto namang mga pipes na ito kakabili mo lang 2 weeks ago ngayon iba na ang prices. (Pipe prices is a different story. Eto talagang mabilis magtaas ang presyo.)

Ewan ko pero parang d ako affected masyado. I don't know if dahil kase alam ko lang na mahilig sya mang-joke o dahil confident ako na nakipag-SUPERnegotiate ako. Pero naisip ko pa rin parang 'Huh?! Ano bang hindi ko ginawa?'

Me: Why? (Parang how come you were able to have that conclusion) Did you talk to vendors?

Coordinator: Yes. One said, you did not ask for discount how can he give you?!

Me: I asked all the vendors for discounted prices.

Coordinator having that familiar look on his face say...

One vendor will be coming tom. By the way, to whom did you talk to from this vendor (he's holding one quotation)

There he goes. Another pangjo-joke nya na naman un. Sabi na nga ba. How could he say I didn't ask for discounted prices kung hindi pala nya alam kung cnong contact person. Teka, teka, e nilagay ko kaya sa bawat PO kung cnong kinausap ko sa vendor. Hindi nagbabasa! Mapagalitan nga! Charing!

Then nag-shift na ang usapan namin dun sa item na inilapit ko sa kanya. He called the same guy who told me 'he cannot do anything with the prices given by their principal'. Sabi ni Mr. Coordinator, kakausapin nya ung bossing ng vendor. Sabi naman ni Sales Guy nasa bakasyon ang bossing nya. Oh, good excuse! Then, sabi ni Mr. Coordinator, 'do something'. Magsabi daw dapat sa principal that we are requesting for the prices. At tsaka nagsabi sya sa vendor na ang tagal nila mag-reply. "She (ako daw) was struggling to get the quotation from you." ...Oh, well glad he knows super effort ako in making kulit for the quote. He has noticed naman pala my effort. Or was it pambabawi dun sa pangjoke nya sakin.

I really never want to hear that "your negotiation is not good" line again. It's as if you were told HINDI KA NAGTATRABAHO.

Now, I'm waiting for the vendor's revised quote.


GENEVIEVE R. ATIENZA
Buyer, New Build Rig Procurement
Maritime Industrial Services
Sharjah, UAE