E Says:
Just found this in some multiply blog... looks cool.. B-)
A : has a smile to die for :]
B : is a nerd at times
C : can kick ur butt
D : great friend
E : has beautiful eyes
F : wild and crazy
G : HOT
H : likes someone
I : best boyfriend or girlfriend
J : is really sweet
K : gorgeous
L : very good kisser
M : can be funny and dumb at times
N : easy to fall in love with
O : has one of the best personalities ever
P : popular with all types of people
Q : makes people laugh
R : gives good hugs
S : nice butt
T : very open - minded
U : is loved by everyone
V : very romantic and not judgmental
W : not bad
X : never let people tell you what to do
Y : very hot
Z : makes dating fun
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E : has beautiful eyes
M : can be funny and dumb at times
A : has a smile to die for :]
L : very good kisser
I : best boyfriend or girlfriend
N : easy to fall in love with
C : can kick ur butt
H : likes someone
O : has one of the best personalities ever
I : best boyfriend or girlfriend
Hahaha! Certainly not all fits me... :D
C Says:
Should I put my whole name??? E, where in the world do you get these stuff?
C : can kick ur buttA : has a smile to die for :]
R : gives good hugs
L : very good kisser
A : has a smile to die for :]
C : can kick ur butt
H : likes someone
U : is loved by everyone
A : has a smile to die for :]
My name is boring...it only alternates C and A...hahaha...well, I guess that sum's it up! I can kick butt while flashing my killer smile!
Post more like this E! Maybe zodiac or about love....hahahaha!
C says:
I would like to start this topic by saying I have the most wonderful family in the world. I love them and nothing will ever make me say otherwise.
However, I have skin asthma which is also known as eczema. I have researched on them and found out they are hereditary.
I do not blame my ancestors for this problem but still...it sucks. I envy people with really smooth and flawless skin. I'll even take the occasional pimples or blackheads. My skin asthma on the other hand will never go away. My dermatologist has been very frustrated with me and I with her. She kept on saying I have to do this, do that...and I want to scream at her, wring her neck, grab her hair and tear her to pieces.
"NOTHING IS WORKING, BITCH!!!"
OK. Maybe I'm not doing my part. I should start to eat right, live right and behold--my skin would turn out right. So I decided to change my eating habits. No more junk foods, no oily foods (goodbye french fries!), drink lots of water (I have about 8 trips to the bathroom every night, maybe I also have a kidney problem...geez...nothing in my body works.), wash my face like crazy (my face is the #1 manufacturer of oil in the country) and got lots of sleep.
Did it work?
NAH!
It stayed the same. No improvements. My regular trips to the derm were all in vain (I had cleaning sessions like every week, no anesthesia. It hurts like hell.). I bought every kind of soap and facial wash in the market. I have a specific body soap, shampoo and conditioner. no alternative. I was so desperate that when my uncle suggested I go to Belo (as in the Belo Medical Group where the Movie Stars of our country get their face and body done) I jumped at the oppurtunity.
I was scared, very scared. The place looked posh and the reception was nice. As soon as I got out of the car, the door guy had immediately rushed to my side with an umbrella (yes, I am allergic to the sun too). They offered us drinks (my mom got like 3 glasses since they were free) and finally we were ushered in the doctor's clinic.
She asked me, "O what can I do for you?" I looked at her beautiful-perfect-white-smooth-pimple-and-scar-free face and choked, "My f-face...".
Then she examined my skin, listed the procedures I need and said, "Here, I suggest you do these procedures." And handed me a list of procedures and medicines I need to be beautiful.
I stared at the list:
1. glycopeel cleaning.............................P1,120.00/session
2. powerpeel..........................................P2,800.00/session
3. ice mask.............................................P1,120.00/session
4. Spanish peel......................................P5,600.00/session
5. Acne control kit................................P3,000.00/session
I felt like I was punched. I burst out crying. I could not believe the price I need to pay in order to look a little pretty. I looked up and saw my mother crying across from me. It made me feel selfish and really really bad. My doctor looked surprise (of course she would, who would ever cry in a consultation...) and asked if I'm crying because it will hurt. I could not remember what happened after that. I was drowning in my misery, I hated the world right then, I hated God for giving me this skin.
Drama aside...I did go through with the procedure. My mom, being her usual 'kuripot' self, asked if we can forego to Spanish peel and ice mask (she said we have ice at home or something...). The doctor replied that we can opt not to do the Spanish peel but no you cannot use homemade refrigator icecubes for the face. I only had 5k gift certificate with me (courtesy of my generous uncle) and still it would not be enough for a simple cleaning.
I thank my mom for shelling out the extra cash for my medicines. I don't think I could return to Belo without another outburst. Or maybe next time, when I am the CEO of A Top Companya and 10k is just a yawn. Right now, I am sticking to my P500/session cleaning. Religously applying zit-creams here and there. Eating healthy. Sleeping on time. Hopefully, the simple things are enough to grant me my wish.
E Says:
Oh my.. I feel you C! I, for one, am not blessed with flawless skin. I have lots of pimples (which are really obvious, and oh C, yours are lesser than mine!). But really, those treatments are really expensive! All I can say is that, we have to appreciate what we have even if we already deemed it as the worst thing. There are things that are natural, and we can't do anything about it except for treatments or any controlling actions to suppress it. If we appreciate it and acknowledge the fact, then we will feel better (less stress and worry). We envy people for the best things they have, but for sure, they envy us for the good things we have that they don't have, isn't it?
To spend a LOT for beauty is not a good idea, but to spend for beauty with an appropriate price is alright. So, what is the right price for beauty? It's difficult to answer. Since this is really subjective, we certainly don't know what is just right for one, because it might not be right for others.
If we get pimples occasionally, that's alright. I mean it's pretty natural. When you are stress out, you get them. When you have inadequate sleep, you get them too. When you eat oily foods, you also get them. When the place is dirty or filled with air pollution, you also get them.
The important thing is that we put our efforts to maintain our physical beauty, and even if the result is not the way you expected it to be, at least we did maintain it. But, it's impractical to spend so much just for that, when simple regimen can do (even if the results are not as expected, but at least there is improvement or maintenance). Let inner beauty shine within us, and we will become more beautiful.
Oh my.. I feel you C! I, for one, am not blessed with flawless skin. I have lots of pimples (which are really obvious, and oh C, yours are lesser than mine!). But really, those treatments are really expensive! All I can say is that, we have to appreciate what we have even if we already deemed it as the worst thing. There are things that are natural, and we can't do anything about it except for treatments or any controlling actions to suppress it. If we appreciate it and acknowledge the fact, then we will feel better (less stress and worry). We envy people for the best things they have, but for sure, they envy us for the good things we have that they don't have, isn't it?
To spend a LOT for beauty is not a good idea, but to spend for beauty with an appropriate price is alright. So, what is the right price for beauty? It's difficult to answer. Since this is really subjective, we certainly don't know what is just right for one, because it might not be right for others.
If we get pimples occasionally, that's alright. I mean it's pretty natural. When you are stress out, you get them. When you have inadequate sleep, you get them too. When you eat oily foods, you also get them. When the place is dirty or filled with air pollution, you also get them.
The important thing is that we put our efforts to maintain our physical beauty, and even if the result is not the way you expected it to be, at least we did maintain it. But, it's impractical to spend so much just for that, when simple regimen can do (even if the results are not as expected, but at least there is improvement or maintenance). Let inner beauty shine within us, and we will become more beautiful.
C says:
Thank you so much E for your words of encouragement. I know you would understand me. I have just been to my derma again this weekend (not Belo anymore fortunately) and she told me not to stress about it. I am a 'born-worrier'', which is very true. If I am so stressed out with my skin condition, it will only make it worse. She also told me that maintaining my skin is a lifetime regimen and that I should not expect too much. I will have scars since I do cleaning often. I happen to be photo-sensitive as well (allergic to the sun, that's why I am always red) and keloidic (so my wounds heal very slowly, sometimes it leaves an ugly mark).
But I feel so much better now. I was given the facts about my illness and I just have to look on the bright side. It cannot kill me and it can improve if I watch my diet, get adequate amount of sleep and apply my topicals. I don't want to worry about things I cannot change. It's hormones and everybody has them. Mine just happens to be more active. Hahaha!
My new philosophy:
"If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."
Ema says:
Wow C! I love that philosophy/quote of yours.. it's inspiring.. :) I'll have to take note of that hahaha! :)
Ema says:
Wow C! I love that philosophy/quote of yours.. it's inspiring.. :) I'll have to take note of that hahaha! :)
E says:
Nowadays, people are into blogging. When you feel like you want to express something, blogging is one convenient way of doing it (especially if you are always on the computer wherein typing and clicking seems to be your hand exercises).
I do have another blog. Sometimes, I would ask myself, "What made me create a blog?" "How did that happened?".
Hmm.. Actually, I was inspired by other people's blog, imagine how they got to inspire people through their writing. That made me want to create one.
I blog because I want to share my thoughts, opinions, rants?, experiences, words of wisdom (do I really have??? haha). So in my other blog, I also wrote some personal experiences that could help inspire people in their self-development. Also, whenever I found something interesting (be it politics, news, humor, movies, self-development, etc), I posted it right away.
So, mainly, it's about sharing and inspiring. It does reflect me. I don't really blog because I want to earn more, although I did put some Google Adsense (I thought that trying something new wouldn't be so bad, so I put it anyway haha!).
C says:
I never thought I would be blogging. In fact, I remember telling myself, "Who would bother to read my story? I'm so boring." Well, I must say E can really get you to do things you never thought you could. Hahahaha.
And I am a very very very talkative person so I decided to use the blog as my Penisieve and, being also pessimistic person, I doubt people will read it. So no harm there...
C says:
Chinese New Year is coming up! As we welcome the year of the Ox, I got to wondering how the celebration of this special occasion managed to influence the lives of the Filipino people. Filipinos are super-adaptive in nature, they absorb other cultures like a sponge so it's no surprise that they too will celebrate January 26 with firecrackers, tikoy, dragon dances, ampaos and round fruits.
E sent me this hilarious email a while back:
Truths about Chinese-Filipino People
1. your standards for evaluation are limited to "not bad" (bwe-phai) and "good enough" (ham-ham).
2. you count every single centavo that comes in and out of your wallet.
3. you watched the proc national day celebration on sky/home cable.
4. you watch the old chinese variety shows on cctv and the rest of the chinese channels on cable.
5. you voted/wanted to vote ping lacson for president.
6. people have told you, "magaling ka pala managalog." ("you speak Tagalog well").
7. you're the prime target of 'kotong cops' in binondo.
8. you make today's rice tomorrow's fried rice.
9. today's leftovers are tastefully mixed in tomorrow's "bi-hun" or "ma-mi".
10. the only thing you can read in a chinese daily newspaper is the daily's name .
11. your pinoy friends ask for tikoy/hopia/mooncake from you, and they're more excited eating it than you are.
12. you're usually not allowed to wear black, although you want to look thinner.
13. your family car's plate number begins with 8.
14. when you speak to an elder and you forget the chinese term for a particular item, and say "hio-nge hio-nge hio-nge basta hio-nge, la!".
15. your friends greet your parents "a-pe" or "um-a" or auntie, or uncle.
16. you end up being the tour guide everytime you and your pinoy friends make an expedition to binondo.
17. you went bananas when jackie chan, chow yun fat, jet lee, and zhang zi yi went
international.
18. you affix "-la", "-lo" to your pinoy/taglish sentences.
19. you affix "ba", "naman" or "pa" to your chinese sentences.
20. your food vocabulary consists of kiam-peng, cha-peng, am-beh, mi-sua , cha-sio,
ma-ki-mi, hee-chee, mazhang.
21. your parents think that a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship is the same as getting married.
22. you speak chinese at home, speak filipino with friends, and write in english! (soo true)
23. you talk a lot at home but when relatives from china come to stay, u become as meek as a goat around them and all you say is "ho", "tam-po", "eh hiaw".
24.you love lao fu zi even if you could never figure out what they were talking about.
25. you know the beneficial effects of chrysanthemum tea and black duck soup.
26. you say "wa-kang-ah !" or "wah-kwee-ah!".
27. you've eaten food after it has been offered to your dead ancestors.
28. you pronounce "c" or "k" like "kh" like "khas" instead of cash, "khomputer" for computer.
29. you have a cough, and your mom insists that you drink 'pei-pa-koa' and for stomach ache, 'tsing-lo-ing'.
30. when seated around a chinese lauriat, you insist back and forth that other people take the first serving.
31. you mix the hard-boiled egg cooked in adobo (lo-neng) with your rice.
32. tinutusok mo nalang iyong fish/meat/squid ball with your chopsticks!
33. when you could not catch your fish, squid or meat ball with chopsticks, you use your hands.
34. your parents (esp. the mother) claim they're both buddhist/taoist and christian.
35. you have to work on the 24th, 25th, 30th, and 31st of december.
36. you had culture shock in college.
37. your pinoy friends ask for the chinese translation of "i love you", and certain "curse words".
38. you go to hap chan for a mid-night snack.
39. the only first aid kit you bring with you is white flower.
40. you think the center of life in the philippines is around the 3 mile
radius of binondo church.
41. you are a tsinoy, when in math class, you mumble the chinese multiplication table when mutiplying numbers. ex. di it di (2x1=2) ; di di si (2x2=4).
42. if you are male, you have a name that ends with "-son", i.e. jefferson,emerson, wilson, stevenson, michaelson, kingson.
43. you understand why "kai-shao" is more complicated than a "blind date".
44. the first reaction from new pinoy friends is "mayayaman ang mga intsik!"(chinese people are filthy rich!).
45. at least one member of your family has already gone to china to "tian-jin".
46. you greet a friend on the phone by asking if he's eaten (dee chia beh?) or what he is doing (leh tshong shia?).
47. you say: 'kain ng gamot'(eat medicine) instead of 'inom ng gamot'(drink medicine).
I died laughing when I read this. It's dead-on. bwe-phai.
E says:
hahaha... and people seem to think that we celebrate 2 new years - one is always on January 1 and the other is on a date which is not constant, oh yes because we look on the Chinese calendar to determine the Chinese New Year date. :)
E sent me this hilarious email a while back:
Truths about Chinese-Filipino People
1. your standards for evaluation are limited to "not bad" (bwe-phai) and "good enough" (ham-ham).
2. you count every single centavo that comes in and out of your wallet.
3. you watched the proc national day celebration on sky/home cable.
4. you watch the old chinese variety shows on cctv and the rest of the chinese channels on cable.
5. you voted/wanted to vote ping lacson for president.
6. people have told you, "magaling ka pala managalog." ("you speak Tagalog well").
7. you're the prime target of 'kotong cops' in binondo.
8. you make today's rice tomorrow's fried rice.
9. today's leftovers are tastefully mixed in tomorrow's "bi-hun" or "ma-mi".
10. the only thing you can read in a chinese daily newspaper is the daily's name .
11. your pinoy friends ask for tikoy/hopia/mooncake from you, and they're more excited eating it than you are.
12. you're usually not allowed to wear black, although you want to look thinner.
13. your family car's plate number begins with 8.
14. when you speak to an elder and you forget the chinese term for a particular item, and say "hio-nge hio-nge hio-nge basta hio-nge, la!".
15. your friends greet your parents "a-pe" or "um-a" or auntie, or uncle.
16. you end up being the tour guide everytime you and your pinoy friends make an expedition to binondo.
17. you went bananas when jackie chan, chow yun fat, jet lee, and zhang zi yi went
international.
18. you affix "-la", "-lo" to your pinoy/taglish sentences.
19. you affix "ba", "naman" or "pa" to your chinese sentences.
20. your food vocabulary consists of kiam-peng, cha-peng, am-beh, mi-sua , cha-sio,
ma-ki-mi, hee-chee, mazhang.
21. your parents think that a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship is the same as getting married.
22. you speak chinese at home, speak filipino with friends, and write in english! (soo true)
23. you talk a lot at home but when relatives from china come to stay, u become as meek as a goat around them and all you say is "ho", "tam-po", "eh hiaw".
24.you love lao fu zi even if you could never figure out what they were talking about.
25. you know the beneficial effects of chrysanthemum tea and black duck soup.
26. you say "wa-kang-ah !" or "wah-kwee-ah!".
27. you've eaten food after it has been offered to your dead ancestors.
28. you pronounce "c" or "k" like "kh" like "khas" instead of cash, "khomputer" for computer.
29. you have a cough, and your mom insists that you drink 'pei-pa-koa' and for stomach ache, 'tsing-lo-ing'.
30. when seated around a chinese lauriat, you insist back and forth that other people take the first serving.
31. you mix the hard-boiled egg cooked in adobo (lo-neng) with your rice.
32. tinutusok mo nalang iyong fish/meat/squid ball with your chopsticks!
33. when you could not catch your fish, squid or meat ball with chopsticks, you use your hands.
34. your parents (esp. the mother) claim they're both buddhist/taoist and christian.
35. you have to work on the 24th, 25th, 30th, and 31st of december.
36. you had culture shock in college.
37. your pinoy friends ask for the chinese translation of "i love you", and certain "curse words".
38. you go to hap chan for a mid-night snack.
39. the only first aid kit you bring with you is white flower.
40. you think the center of life in the philippines is around the 3 mile
radius of binondo church.
41. you are a tsinoy, when in math class, you mumble the chinese multiplication table when mutiplying numbers. ex. di it di (2x1=2) ; di di si (2x2=4).
42. if you are male, you have a name that ends with "-son", i.e. jefferson,emerson, wilson, stevenson, michaelson, kingson.
43. you understand why "kai-shao" is more complicated than a "blind date".
44. the first reaction from new pinoy friends is "mayayaman ang mga intsik!"(chinese people are filthy rich!).
45. at least one member of your family has already gone to china to "tian-jin".
46. you greet a friend on the phone by asking if he's eaten (dee chia beh?) or what he is doing (leh tshong shia?).
47. you say: 'kain ng gamot'(eat medicine) instead of 'inom ng gamot'(drink medicine).
I died laughing when I read this. It's dead-on. bwe-phai.
E says:
hahaha... and people seem to think that we celebrate 2 new years - one is always on January 1 and the other is on a date which is not constant, oh yes because we look on the Chinese calendar to determine the Chinese New Year date. :)
C says:
Picture this scenario: You're a fresh graduate from one of the top university in your country. You graduated with honors and is coveted as one of best in your batch. Everything is going right in your future. After graduation day, you set out with your perfect resume, doned your perfect corporate attire, practiced your perfect get-me-I'm-perfect-for-this-job attitude and struted your way to your first job interview.
Then months have passed and you realized that the companies that "promised" to call you "at once" and that you are indeed "what they are looking for" had not called you back.
What the hell happened?
Reason # 1: The company was affected by the Global Financial Crisis and the only way to show that they are not affected is to make it seem that they are still hiring. They make job-hopefuls go to never-ending interviews, screenings, exams and whatnot. Then after the handshakes and the numerous "We's call soon" they vanish.
Reason # 2: Okey, maybe..just maybe, they're just not into you. You may be a graduate of Top Gun University (with high honors) but you don't fit their culture. Or you didn't smile enough. Or you forgot to brush your teeth before going to the interview. Or you came late. There are gazzillion excuses we can speculate.
Reason # 3: Their HR is like a circus. Believe me, when you walk into an interview and the HR department is in chaos, it's highly unlikely you will get the job. There was a time I was up for the final signing of contract and suddenly a problem emerged at the last minute. They made me wait for an hour or so while they sort things out. It was very unprofessional and left a bad impression on me. In the end, I said I don't want anything to do with them. I don't know about the exact process of job hiring but if the HR is a mess, they will not be able to process your documents completely and your resume could be lost in all their paperwork. And let's face it, who would want to get in a company with an HR like that?
Reason # 4: They will call in the future...like after 6 months or a year. Companies have this long process for hiring. Kinda like Surivor. You got to Outplay, outwit and outlast your competition. They get like a thousand potential people for one position. Filter the best using exams, one-on-one interviews, panel interviews, medical exams and other stress inducing activity just to see who is a cut above the rest. Then they hold a tribal counsel and vote for the sole survivor.
E says:
I have to agree on what C has just mentioned, because yeah they really are.. hahaha! Some companies even ignore your applications.. Here are the top 3 reasons why you got rejected/simply not being able to get the job:
Freeze Hiring. That's one thing that they will tell you all of a sudden. I was like "What?!" Surprising, isn't it? And then afterwards, I'd still feel that maybe the company will lift that freeze hiring soooon, and I'd wish that they entertain my application. Then, reality strikes! Freeze hiring can really be that looong. Global financial crisis is the root of all these. Retrenchment. Downsizing. Layoff. Cost-cutting. You hear these words so often now. It affects the job market in a bad way.
You don't fit. Oh well, that's just the company's opinion. They feel that you don't fit, or maybe they find that others are better than you. And if you just screw the interview or fail the exam, or both, probably they will not get you. Imagine, thousands or even millions (just to exagge) of applicants apply on that same position that you applied. The chances of getting accepted is really low. Well, you'd be thankful if you get accepted. *Sigh*
You declined it! Which is what I did, for some reasons(shift, location, accessibility, bond or it could be anything..). I believe we all have the right to choose (choose well!). haha..
Then months have passed and you realized that the companies that "promised" to call you "at once" and that you are indeed "what they are looking for" had not called you back.
What the hell happened?
Reason # 1: The company was affected by the Global Financial Crisis and the only way to show that they are not affected is to make it seem that they are still hiring. They make job-hopefuls go to never-ending interviews, screenings, exams and whatnot. Then after the handshakes and the numerous "We's call soon" they vanish.
Reason # 2: Okey, maybe..just maybe, they're just not into you. You may be a graduate of Top Gun University (with high honors) but you don't fit their culture. Or you didn't smile enough. Or you forgot to brush your teeth before going to the interview. Or you came late. There are gazzillion excuses we can speculate.
Reason # 3: Their HR is like a circus. Believe me, when you walk into an interview and the HR department is in chaos, it's highly unlikely you will get the job. There was a time I was up for the final signing of contract and suddenly a problem emerged at the last minute. They made me wait for an hour or so while they sort things out. It was very unprofessional and left a bad impression on me. In the end, I said I don't want anything to do with them. I don't know about the exact process of job hiring but if the HR is a mess, they will not be able to process your documents completely and your resume could be lost in all their paperwork. And let's face it, who would want to get in a company with an HR like that?
Reason # 4: They will call in the future...like after 6 months or a year. Companies have this long process for hiring. Kinda like Surivor. You got to Outplay, outwit and outlast your competition. They get like a thousand potential people for one position. Filter the best using exams, one-on-one interviews, panel interviews, medical exams and other stress inducing activity just to see who is a cut above the rest. Then they hold a tribal counsel and vote for the sole survivor.
E says:
I have to agree on what C has just mentioned, because yeah they really are.. hahaha! Some companies even ignore your applications.. Here are the top 3 reasons why you got rejected/simply not being able to get the job:
Freeze Hiring. That's one thing that they will tell you all of a sudden. I was like "What?!" Surprising, isn't it? And then afterwards, I'd still feel that maybe the company will lift that freeze hiring soooon, and I'd wish that they entertain my application. Then, reality strikes! Freeze hiring can really be that looong. Global financial crisis is the root of all these. Retrenchment. Downsizing. Layoff. Cost-cutting. You hear these words so often now. It affects the job market in a bad way.
You don't fit. Oh well, that's just the company's opinion. They feel that you don't fit, or maybe they find that others are better than you. And if you just screw the interview or fail the exam, or both, probably they will not get you. Imagine, thousands or even millions (just to exagge) of applicants apply on that same position that you applied. The chances of getting accepted is really low. Well, you'd be thankful if you get accepted. *Sigh*
You declined it! Which is what I did, for some reasons(shift, location, accessibility, bond or it could be anything..). I believe we all have the right to choose (choose well!). haha..
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