I miss my mom and dad in the province. Sighhh!!!! I want to breath, coz i have this feeling of environmental-stress from all the pollution i inhale everyday in this busy metropolis. Suddenly, i realized i want to move out of the city for a while, go home, and feel the comfort and fresh air of my forgotten beautiful countryliving. I want to be free from work, and all i could wish for is to hear the humming birds occupying our mango trees, the warm relaxing blow of the Amihan, the peaceful quiet, uncrowded streets of our barrio village, and of course the lutong-bahay i have longing for the past few months. i want to enjoy simplicity of living, free from expenses, released from the hassle and bassle of the congested Metro Manila. Truly der's no place like home...i miss my barrioliving, and going back to my land becomes a wish on my end.

Another day has come. I woke up early, check on my Swatch if i woke on the right time, as if my biological clock changes everyday. I fixed my bed, and headed for the sink, ang pour a pinch of Colgate on my Oral-B toothbrush. I carefully brush every corner of my precious teeth, concentrating in ever gaps, just for the sake of freshening my breath, gargled with Listerine, with the aid of the water pouring in from the faucet. Sitted on the American Standard bowl for my morning habit as response to the call of my excretory system. I reached for the Joy tissue paper, flushed the toilet bowl, waved the shower curtain and presto, felt the cold water coming from the shower as it pours the nakedness of my body. Shampooed my hair with a small amount of Vaseline, poured a little of my Palmolive bodywash to my bodyscrub as i soaped my body with Dove expoliating soap. Wash, wash and wash! I proceed on with bubbling up my face with the Pond's Cleanser and Toner facial wash and so on, and so forth. Dampen my body with my Cotton USA towel, headed off for the zinc to have a clean cut with my Gillette razor and my Nivea shaving creme.

Finally, the most tedious part of my dressing up routines, immediately opened the closet, and carefully browse my hanged clothes for something to wear for the day. I chose the Van Huesen moss green long sleeves, as i wear my Jockey undergarments, fitted in my Docker's slacks. and finished it off with my St. Michael necktie. Next, i looked for my Burlington executive socks, and put on my Italian made leather shoes. Grooming comes next, i sprayed my Hugo Boss carefully so as to avoid of overdoing it. I reached for the Johson and Johnsons Cotton buds to clean up my earlobes. Groomed my hair with a minimal amount of my Gatsby Wetlook Gel and fined it with my British Airways comb, as part of their hygiene kit.

I put on my Philip Persio silver watches, fixed the things inside my Samsonite bag, check if my Girbaud wallet, Rolex organizer, Parker pens, and hard-bound pocketbooks , and house-keys are already inserted.

I proceeded for the kitchen and poured hot water to my cup from the American Living thermostat. I poured in a small amount of Nescafe,  cremier, sugar for this morning cup. I poured my Chocolate flavored Quaker oatmeal on a white porcelain bowl, added hot water, waited for the meal to be cooked, and mixed a considerable amount of Cowhead fresh milk. I reached for the Reader's Digest Magazine and looked for short articles that interest me. Suddenly, i realized that it's about time to leave the house. Finished my meal immediately, and drink a cold water for my Enervon daily vitamins.

I passed by the sala, carried my bag, locked the door as I prepare for the beginning of a new day on the hassle and bassle of the metropolis.

i watched Xmen The Last Stand last Saturday at the Mall of Asia. i never expected to be the film of good ratings from my end, because the frist two episodes were not that outstanding. i was amazed by the visual effects of the film, and it bring me back my good ol days when i had fun watching the cartoon version of this Marvel production. god, i felt sad for Mystique when Magneto denied her to be part of their newly formed brotherhood of mutants since she's already a mortal brought by a cure of gunshot invented by scientists against mutants. Magneto should be the one receiving the gunshot but as an act of loyalty, Mystique saved him instead. Then Magneto proceed on with his plans to gather all mutants together to fight the government's action to abolished mutancy. Protests proliferated around the metropolis for the anti-side and others have decided to get the cure, which is an act of liberty for someone who possesses an extraordinary power. Here, Rogue was one of them who lined-up in getting the cure, but it's suspecting on my part whether she really got it or not which was not implied in the movie. One astonishing part of the movie is Jean Grey's becoming of a phoenix, more powerful than Magneto's. I never expected Famke Janssen to have a very good performance, she really portrayed her role with so much rage, prowess, as the most powerful enemy, unexpected to be by Professor X's league. In the middle part of the movie, Professor X vanished away as Jean Grey's torn him into pieces as she is overpowered by the Phoenix in her. I wowed every exciting scenes of the movie, again, Storm (Halle Berry) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) were given the most exposure as they are Academy award winners, well, who the hell will give them a supporting role in this case. The Beast, and other unknown characters were full forced into driving away their fellow mutants who became evil in the use of their powers, a gift of power that was not used for mankind's betterment. Check out Golden Gate Bridge's sudden connection to Alcatraz, the seat of the laboratory, that produced the cure for mutants. Haay! In the end, it was another happy ending. Jean Grey was killed by Wolverine, condering the latter has loved her so much, which was sacrificed, an act of bravery, valor, and liberty on his part. A must-see film of the year! It's worth watching than Da Vinci Code, i bet.

Btw, I am wearing my havainas when i first entered the Mall of Asia. they say it's three times (not sure though) the Megamall, but uhmm it more of a bigger expansion area considering it's only two floors. There's a baywalk since it's floor is a waterbed,i hope it's safe from earthquakes and tsunamis. They have the IMAX theater, the first in the country. Another Henry Sy's innovation to save the country's flunking economy. I cant wait to have all the stores occupied since a majority have not yet opened. I'm just thinking of what effect could it bring to smaller SM malls, since they are dwarfed by the Mall of Asia.

it's been so confusing these days, i feel so afraid to lose my job, and i don't even have the guts to ask for a renewal of my contract that at this point makes me worry, since the program coordinator assigned to our project/program has the discretion and jurisdiction whether to give me a contract or not. as i assess my deliverables of my present contract, i think i did not performed well and havent meet any deadlines but before you react, this is due to several changes in the activities and proposed matrix of advocacies of our program that affected the gant chart to finally consider itself as useless. Nevertheless, i was able to  finish some of the expected output for my contract duration. i dont know but i think i should be able to get  by this time the reality in this office that evrthing is a competition especially in the hearts of youndminds belonging to this office. as time passes by, i feel like a candle that bit by bit loses its tranquility and then suddenly tormented not even realized by people what it had contributed, left unrecognized, trashed and thrown away. sighh!!! everything is uncertain, when will be the time that i can totally achieved total relaxation, free from worries, the true feeling of happiness... i'll keep on waiting, and keep on singing this life, God knows when the real time is.

"The only thing wrong with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished." ---anonymous

"A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes, so check your value to the community." ---Martin H. Fischer

How to get spectacular grades in school part ! by jessica zafra

1. Bear in mind that school is easy. the brain is a powerful instrument, and your memory has a storage capacity which, if maximized, would put Bill Gates out of business. Only ten percent of our brain power is utilized during our lifetimes. What about the other 90 percent? it just sits there, gathering cobwebs, waiting to win the Nobel Prize in Physics if only its owner would remember to turn it on. Corollarily-look up the word, it comes in handy in algebra-if you decide this early in life that you are stupid, congratulations, you will be stupid. School is easy; it's what comes after school that's difficult.

2. If you listen very carefully during class, if you concentrate on the lesson, if you focus very hard, you won't have to do much studying outside class. You will have more time to read the stuff you really like, or watch movies, or play tennis.

3. Always take notes during class. That's NOTES, not dictation. It is not necessary to write down every word your teacher utters. If you do that, I will laugh at you. True, the opinion of others should not be a primary influence on your behavior, but maniackal cackling in your ear is hard to ignore. Only write down keywords, words which trigger your memory. I believe that when you write a word, and you see it in oyur own handwriting, it becomes more real, more tactile, and therefore easier to remember.

4. This is how to study for an exam. Read the aforementioned notes, textbooks, three times. then put away your books and do something entirely different. Watch videos or cross-stitch or something. This will give the part of your brain that handles classwork time to absorb all that information. Meanwhile, while doing things that are totally unrelated to schoolwork, you exercise the other parts of your brain. All parts must be used in order to keep this complex apparatus functioning properly. I strongly advise not to lock yourself in a room fro days and attempt to digest the entire texbooks. Your memory may crash at the most inconvenient time i. e. during the exam you worked so hard to prepare for.