Despedida and the WoWs

Last night the whole B12 gathered together to have a simple dinner that also served as our despedida for our Mother Hen who just resigned from Aqua Comp (not the real name of our company). After several exchanges of messages, Mother Hen gave us 2 Words of Wisdom that we, as young professionals should always put in mind- -and in heart. I would just like to share to you what she said:

WoW #1: Deliverables, targets, TMSs, KRAs will always be there and meeting/delivering them will be as important as maintaining your employment to ANY company. However, when you leave a company, no one will remember you for how well you've accomplished your workloads, neither will anyone recall the numerous awards that you earned. People in the office/workplace will only be able to remember one thing and that is how you were as a person. In other words, no matter how committed you are to your accountabilities at work, in which there is completely nothing wrong about, you should never compromise your personal values. You may be a very professional manager/head/officer in the office, but you are still YOU- -a person. And no accomplishment could ever outweigh the relationships that you built with people that you may have just encountered in the workplace, but definitely have become part of who you are right now. Bottomline: Professionalism is good especially when the PERSONHOOD is intact, value your work but value yourSELF more.

WoW #2: No matter how much money you make now, it will never be enough to cover for your health. This one is simple and many may have encountered it already, yet we still need to be constantly reminded every once in a while about it. We work for a living, we do not live to work. So always put your health first before anything else that you need to deliver at work.

There are only two of them so hopefully, we will all be able to be guided by those WoWs as we go on with our yuppy lives.

One More Chance

I've seen the movie "One More Chance" last Sunday night at Trinoma and it was really a big hit. We needed to be there 45 minutes before the screening to find ourselves pretty good seats because only the free-seating cinema had available tickets for LFS when we arrived there several minutes before 7pm.

I actually went to the movie with my ex "WT" and without exaggerations, that movie perfectly fits our story. We couldn't believe how exacting the casting was to actually have certain characters represent the people in our very own love story.

There was one particular part in the movie where I cried because I was carried away by John Lloyd's acting. His acting was so powerful that I sort of remember how painful it was to experience a break-up. I cried, sobbed a little, the way I did when I was in that situation. WT (feeling kinda guilty maybe), held my hand and whispered "sulit na yung binayad natin, naiyak ka na e." 

After the movie, I asked WT what he can say about it. He said he find it just so-so because according to him, it was kinda predictable. He was looking for a certain kind of twist in the story for him to be awed by it. I think he prefer a not so happy ending for greater emotional impact.

But for me, the movie, having an ordinary story as what we often experience in real life, was very good for that very same reason that it is ORDINARY. People who have watched it cried with the characters and were touched by the lines because they could relate to it– because it was not so out-of-this-world. And of course, we Pinoys would always prefer a happy ending.

WT and I now often joke about the lines that we picked up from the movie that sort of applicable to us. And maybe that's how it really works. Its very hard to go through that break-up stage, but once you get over it, you can actually look back to what you've gone through, smile and praise yourself for being strong enough to have survived it.

I may sound a little too idealistic at this point but who knows, my "happy ending" may happen soon as well… (JINX don't you ever come near me!) 

Hair Care

Want to keep your hair fresh?

Then never shampoo your hair every day. I learned this some few years ago from a friend and then just recently, I watched a talkshow with Angel Aquino as one of their guests. She says affirmingly that shampooing your hair everyday will make it dry because the natural oil that makes the hair have a glossy look is being washed away when you shampoo. Shampoos can be done every other day, while you can have conditioners daily. 

There are some people however, who have excessively oily scalp that just a day of not shampooing will make their hair look messy and super oily to the point that the strands stick together in clusters. For these people, all you have to do is to shampoo only your scalp and do not go all the way to the strands of your hair. This way, you are able to reduce the oil on your scalp while protecting the strands of the hair from getting dry.

See below, some of my pix showing my hair Notice the end of the strands are a little dry so I sort of need to have them trimmed soon.

Just sharing.

Afraid to be Happy

Have you ever had that feeling of being happy yet so insecure about what might happen afterwards?

For those who have gone through so much pain, you would surely know the feeling of being so afraid to go back to that phase of your life again (if in fact you have actually recovered from it already). That whenever there is reason for you to smile and laugh again, a voice in your head would ask how much tears would you have to shed after that moment of joy.

I never thought happiness can be something to be scared about. But now, I know that it can, in a way, frighten you. Sometimes, it is just better to ignore that little cautious voice inside you and set yourself free. Hence my aphorism—Ignorance is bliss.