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If you want something done right…

You really got to do it yourself.

I actually had written this blog before lunch, assuming that the issue I was posting about had been resolved – but it turns out that wasn’t the end of it. Since I’ve ended up filing a formal complaint to my bank describing the whole “incident,” I thought posting the link to the letter would save me a lot of time typing.

Kulang nalang sabihin ko: “Alam ninyo, Tunay Na Lalake kayo; KSE ANG LABO NINYONG KAUSAP!”

It may have been heavy handed but that’s just the way I deal with issues. Besides, I have experienced something similar in the past 1 Related to “blessing 1”

It just begs the question though; is this “general unreliability” a cultural thing in our country? I mean it even kinda extends even to the workplace, and it just annoys the hell out of me. But I don’t want to dwell on it, as long as I’m not like that, then that should be good enough for me.

Instead, I just decided to see the brighter side of it: I mentioned in a previous post, that a lot of my other issues suddenly sorted themselves out – best of which (so far) was finding out that I didn’t have to worry about the prospect of spending on an operation. I didn’t expect this new expense, but you know what – at least I’m healthy and I probably would’ve spent more if I had been sick. Read More

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⇡1 Related to “blessing 1”
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Half Full indeed

It’s amazing how being positive and hopeful can make a difference in one’s disposition and actual reality.

I remember just a week ago when I was wallowing in self-pity, how all the “hassles” I’ve been experiencing suddenly added up and seemed so insurmountable. Now that I’ve gone back to my “usual” disposition, 1 Which consists of two things: one, believing that the world doesn’t owe us any favors, and the other is to see life as half-full instead of empty I couldn’t believe that not only has a huge weight been lifted from me, but also that my actual problems suddenly sorted themselves out!

One example is my concern that I may have kidney stones – just got the results and I’m clean! Still hasn’t explained the high Erythrocyte count on my urine, but again, I’m happy to know that my worries there have been blown out of proportion. Read More

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⇡1 Which consists of two things: one, believing that the world doesn’t owe us any favors, and the other is to see life as half-full instead of empty
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Soldiering through

Various “recent events” that have transpired have put me in a depressive mood lately. Fortunately I was able to catch myself and get back on track. The reason for my recovery, self-serving as it may be, would be my old “perspective” posts 😉

It seems that I have allowed myself to become a person of self-pity at some point, which is a tragedy in so many ways. 1 Because people know me not to be that type of person.

For one, considering one’s-self as a “victim” is one of my pet peeves – women are usually the culprits of these emotions, but I had realized that my self-loathing had quite frankly, turned me into a woman in a sense. Can you imagine that? Me, acting like a woman – oh the shame! And that’s exactly how I felt when I realized it; embarrased/ashamed. I couldn’t believe that I allowed myself to be caught in such a state. Nahiya ako sa sarili ko – as it were.

But to save you from all the link-bait, the bottom-line is that I simply re-discovered what I had already known and practiced; that the world doesn’t owe us any favors, we just deal with the cards we’re dealt with – and hope for the best.

Or as House would put it:

People get what they get. It has nothing to do with what they deserve.

So having come to terms with reality, I decided to take my own advice, and return to my “core” – and it has done me a great deal of good 🙂 I now find solace in the mere fact that if there was anything in my power I could do to change my situation, I already have done, am doing, or intend to do it. 2 assuming there’s something I’m still missing I’ve done my part, and that gives me the peace of mind I need to get through all this even if nothing “changes.”

That, and some retail therapy! Read More

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⇡1 Because people know me not to be that type of person.
⇡2 assuming there’s something I’m still missing
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At what cost

In light of a certain “issue,” I recalled a song I wrote in the past.

It had a fairly “generic” message I guess, but I couldn’t help but feel how apt the message could be for both sides – how both indecision and closed-mindedness don’t lead anywhere productive. If we all had the mindset of what the song had suggested, we could’ve avoided it altogether (wether it be by one side acting sooner, or the other simply being more receptive)

Lyrics here

I just felt the need to vent out my frustrations because of how long the negative energy was allowed to “fester” before it was finally addressed (not to mention what it took to actually address it). Relationships had been needlessly strained because of the shortcomings of both sides, that much is certain.

In any case, the worst seems to be over… but at what cost? (sigh)

Don’t you just hate how true the term “hindsight is always 20/20” is most of the time?

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On self-awareness

So I took this “personality test” and got an “ideal” result (else, why would I be posting it right? hahahaha). Here’s what the test claims to do:

Self-awareness is vital for creating a successful life and business. Our easy Tick Test will help you discover what makes you tick.

How?

A picture of “the real you” will emerge, as your intro-extroversion results are divided into three parts — thinking, social, and emotional. These are linked to your IQ factor. In no time at all you’ll get a concise and helpful portrait of yourself.

And since I’m bored and have got nothing better to do at the moment, I thought I’d just do a commentary on the whole thing hahahaha. A self-reflecting commentary if you will. Could even be one of those “manual to my life” type of posts. Read More