So MI5 are looking to increase their the number of their female operatives. I wonder should I try it?

According to the headlines the other day, their female applicants have dropped due to TV and film potrayals. They even called it the “Spooks Effect” based on the BBC program.

Dahil konti na applicants nila, I may have a good chance to fulfill a fantasy. Hmm…

I have been quite busy at work the entire week. I’ve got so many ideas & thoughts I wanted to blog about but I don’t have the time. What do I do? I write sentences & phrases in a notebook, thinking I can put them up later. “Later” means when I have the time when I’m at work, which is looking impossible in the next two weeks at least.

Why not blog at home? Because home is family time. I hate using the computer at home, too much. As it is I will be taking some work home for the 4-day stretch starting tomorrow. When I do use the PC at home, it’s when my kid is sleeping & when I should be sleeping next to him. Working in IT 8-6 monday to friday, I don’t want to be staring at the monitor outside those hours.

I will try to post as regularly as possible now (before months pass before a new post), but it will probably be not a daily thing. Baka maging once a week lang lalo pag super busy na ko… Sorry guys, and sorry self…

Today is looking up. The sun is out but it’s still a bit chilly. It’s a perfect Spring Day. It reminds me of Baguio or of my childhood in Nueva Ecija when December meant wearing thick coats.

I also checked my account and - voila! - my pay is there two days early. Yehey!

Then I managed to speak to a human being in Colchester Zoo to book my son’s birthday party. After all the sordid details are done (3 y/o, 2 babies, 7 over 3’s, 15 adults, here’s my money etc etc), I was told there are only three (3) bookings so far! Sana wala nang mag-book at sana di gaanong matao.

My phone conference with our consultancy firm also went well, not that it meant they’re good. I mean I got what I needed from them: information and the like.

I also dusted my first deliverable at work. I’m just putting the finishing touches to the test coverage matrix but the meaty parts are well and truly ready for review of the technical architect (in this company, he’s aka business analyst).

The day is only half-way through and I plan to ride this high and finish more work: paid work (review an old spec), and unpaid work (buy my son his attire, order his 20% off toy online, call the invitees and get them to confirm their attendance, and do the grocery shopping tonite!).

In the meantime, sans make-up and all, I’d like to say “I feel pretty”! <– affix big grin here

Warning: This post could be a result of my elation phase. It is likely that tomorrow or tonite I will be hit by my depression.

Do you daydream? I do - a lot. I always let myself go whenever I’m idle and the fancy catches me. In my world I am the star, the boss, the entertainer, the muse. I am often moneyed, intellectual and oh ever so youthful. One thing I don’t do is exaggerate my looks, I just prefer to look the way I used to 10 years ago. I bring that image back to life as much as possible.

Escapism at its best. Is it wrong to live in my world? I am the matchstick girl who see wondrous things and events at will. But unlike her, I will not die hungry and cold. Afterall, my dreams only last 2-3 minutes at best & then it’s back to my warm, cosy reality of working life and motherhood.

Wow Huwebes na. Di ako makapaniwala nung Lunes ang sinasabi nga ni bossing “one day down, just four to go”. At eto na nga isang araw na lang. Kanina pa ko excited. Nung sumali nga ako sa kumpanya na ito inihanda ko na ang sarili ko sa pagiging busy, na malamang wala na kong gawin kundi magbasa (hindi novels, hindi interesting, para kong nag-uni uli), na malamang mag-trabaho ako ng sabado o pati ng linggo. Sa awa ng Diyos hindi naman ganoon, sa ngayon. Oo maraming trabaho, marami kong dapat basahin at aralin at alamin pero manageable naman. Sabi nga “it’s a good type of busy” hindi yung hindi na ko magkandaugaga.

Naka-schedule na din ang gagawin ko:
Okay Thursday ngayon, sana mamayang gabi hindi ako makatulog at matapos ko ng yung “intro to stock exchange” na libro.
Bukas, Friday, magpupuyat ako dahil pwede naman akong matulog ng hapon sa Sabado.
Manonood ako ng Ugly Betty tapos panonoorin ko na ang Syriana DVD na ni-rent ko 2 weeks ago pa!
Sa Sabado, sa umaga playtime & learning with my son. Sa hapon, tulog pagtulog ni anak then paggising malamang mag-bake ako ng chocolate cake. Pagsinipag ako malamang mag-jelly kami ng anak ko, mahilig yung makialam sa kusina e.
Sa Linggo, it’s also my day of rest & “no puyat” allowed. Simba, tulog at pahinga.

Linggo-linggo nakaplano ang weekend ko. Hindi pwedeng hindi, dahil bawat oras mahalaga para sa akin. Wala pa nga akong proper na “me time”. At marami pa kong minor projects:
ayusin ang file structure ng home PC ko
backup my PC
i-reorganise yung home office dahil nagkalat na ang documents namin, mostly mine
time for spring clean: palitan na ang nilulumot na mga kurtina, i-dust ang ibabaw ng mga cabinets, clean the windows inside and outside, downstairs and upstairs
biggest task of all: organise the shed — aacckkk

Ewan kung san ako kukuha ng sipag :-)

Wow Huwebes na. Di ako makapaniwala nung Lunes ang sinasabi nga ni bossing “one day down, just four to go”. At eto na nga isang araw na lang. Kanina pa ko excited. Nung sumali nga ako sa kumpanya na ito inihanda ko na ang sarili ko sa pagiging busy, na malamang wala na kong gawin kundi magbasa (hindi novels, hindi interesting, para kong nag-uni uli), na malamang mag-trabaho ako ng sabado o pati ng linggo. Sa awa ng Diyos hindi naman ganoon, sa ngayon. Oo maraming trabaho, marami kong dapat basahin at aralin at alamin pero manageable naman. Sabi nga “it’s a good type of busy” hindi yung hindi na ko magkandaugaga.

Naka-schedule na din ang gagawin ko:
Okay Thursday ngayon, sana mamayang gabi hindi ako makatulog at matapos ko ng yung “intro to stock exchange” na libro.
Bukas, Friday, magpupuyat ako dahil pwede naman akong matulog ng hapon sa Sabado.
Manonood ako ng Ugly Betty tapos panonoorin ko na ang Syriana DVD na ni-rent ko 2 weeks ago pa!
Sa Sabado, sa umaga playtime & learning with my son. Sa hapon, tulog pagtulog ni anak then paggising malamang mag-bake ako ng chocolate cake. Pagsinipag ako malamang mag-jelly kami ng anak ko, mahilig yung makialam sa kusina e.
Sa Linggo, it’s also my day of rest & “no puyat” allowed. Simba, tulog at pahinga.

Linggo-linggo nakaplano ang weekend ko. Hindi pwedeng hindi, dahil bawat oras mahalaga para sa akin. Wala pa nga akong proper na “me time”. At marami pa kong minor projects:
ayusin ang file structure ng home PC ko
backup my PC
i-reorganise yung home office dahil nagkalat na ang documents namin, mostly mine
time for spring clean: palitan na ang nilulumot na mga kurtina, i-dust ang ibabaw ng mga cabinets, clean the windows inside and outside, downstairs and upstairs
biggest task of all: organise the shed — aacckkk

Ewan kung san ako kukuha ng sipag :-)

Wouldn’t it be great if you can tender your resignation whenever you feel like it? No worries, no second thoughts? Then your boss would be grovelling at your feet laying 200% increase in pay with medical & dental for your entire family as an added bonus just please don’t leave?

Ahhh.

Even better you will actually say no because you plan to rest for at least 3 months, doing nothing but travelling & gaining weight. Your bills get paid on its own, your family’s fed. You spend time attending lectures and improve your writing skills. Maybe take a year’s off & compile that book of poems you’ve been dreaming about.

Life’s great.