...MINI-ME MOMENT...

In recent years, it had become rare that I get to tuck Mini-Me to bed before he goes to sleep. Apart from the varying circumstances (either he's asleep by the time i get home or i fall asleep ahead of him...), it seemed awkward for him that i still "baby" him at bedtime. but tonight was NOT one of those nights! we spent a good 30-45 minutes lying side by side -- talking nonesense and laughing nonesense, before we said good night. haay, time flies.... *mental note: spend more laughing nonesense moments with mini-me"

"You'll Be In My Heart"

Come stop your crying, It will be alright

Just take my hand, hold it tight

I will protect you from all around you

I will be here don't you cry.

For one so small, you seem so strong

My arms will hold you, keep you safe and warm

This bond between us can't be broken

I will be here don't you cry.

Cause you'll be in my heart, yes you'll be in my heart

From this day on, now and forever more

You'll be in my heart, no matter what they say

You'll be in my heart, always.

Why can't they understand the way we feel

They just don't trust what they can't explain

I know we're different but deep inside in us

We're not that different at all

Don't listen to them, cause what do they know

We need each other to have, to hold

They'll see in time, i know

When destiny calls you, you must be strong

I may not be with you, but you've got to hold on

They'll see in time, i know, we'll show them together!

TIME FOR COOL CHANGES!

... i get these random thoughts so often but haven't really gotten the chance to write it down. sometimes i think why would i even blog about it and add up to the tons of byte-trash in cyberspace (who reads this anyway?? raise your hand!) Then again, this is a better venue of thinking-out-loud than literally talking it out loud (mas mahirap magsalita na walang kausap, hehehe).

i've recently quit my job from that company with the tagline "be brilliant together". it doesn't seem to enhance brilliance anymore, so it doesn't make sense to stay. it's not the work load that bogged me down but the never ending bickering and corporate politics. really now... for a small sized organization, the amount of politics, gossip, backstabbing and factions would give the PH government a stiff competition. it's crazy! work experience there had been like moments of roller coaster ride. i've been through the cycle of ramp-up, sabbatical, retrenchment, ramp-up, bench.... i joined when it was still a measly 200-employee headcount, i left with an ending headcount of 700ish. That should speak about what I have accomplished.

I'm gonna miss my girls (team) with their own quirky ways. I'm gonna miss the extra-curricular activities and themed-events of LEGO. I'm gonna miss my nice office space and the coffee-breaks with friends. But beyond that..

i was just relieved and happy to bid adieu! i could fill this space with my rants about management in this work place, but i choose to move on and let those who are left behind to discover the experience by themselves. it was fun while it lasted....

so here i am, not exactly a bum! i'm doing some contracting work. summer vacation is nearing end. my little nephews and dear ol' daddy had left for the US. i'm in the midst of transferring stuff to our new home in QC. Lots and lots of changes are happening. exciting times for the cool changes that are slowly falling into place.

The One that (ALMOST) Got Away!

....i had one that ALMOST got away... but fate brought that one person back to me... :)

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The One That Got Away

Source: The Manila Times

In your life, you’ll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There’s the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you’re with…and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it’s that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn’t fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a long time partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of

giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you’re not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn’t matter who you’re with, it just doesn’t work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you’re not ready and it shows. It’s not that you and the person you’re with are no good; it’s just that it’s not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you’re ready. You really are. And when this happens you’ll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it’ll work because you’re ready. It’ll work because it’s the right time and you’ll make it work. And it’ll make sense, it really will.

So that day comes when you’re finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you’ve become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there’s no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you’re single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn’t matter. All you know is that you’ve changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.

You’ll think about them because you’ll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You’ll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That’s what the one that got away is. The biggest"What if?" you’ll have in your life.

If you’re married, you’ll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you’re mature enough to realize that you’re already with the one you’re with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will juststrengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you’ll think about him/her every so often, but it’s alright. It’s never nice to live

with a "might have been," but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who’s already married. In which case it’s the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you’re old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it’s different. What do you do if it’s not yet too late? Simple…find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you’ll always wonder, what if you got that one?

Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn’t matter if you’ve dropped in from out of nowhere. You’d be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away."

You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won’t make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it’ll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I’m thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you’re the one that almost got away."