I had a haircut yesterday at Vivere Salon, Robinson's Place, Manila. It was my first time there. My friend who is a regular client of the salon convinced me to try their services. It was a good thing I said yes. The staff gave me a rather good service. The hairstylist - I think his name is Leo - 'studied' my head first before he started cutting. He looked at me from different angles. I assume he was thinking of what haircut will fit me best. I actually like the outcome. New style. Younger look haha. However, I know its going to be hard for me to style my hair that way again. I don't have a blower, you see. The assitant - his name is John - was also okay. He washed my hair thoroughly. He gave me a good back massage - although it would have been better if he made it a little harder. The only drawback is that there were too many 'assistants' in the place that it's become a bit too noisy to relax.
Overall, it was a good experience albeit a bit expensive. But I think I'll be back. Wanna see my hairstyle? Naaaaa.....maybe next time
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
7 Churches for Visita Iglesia plus Visita Iglesia Online
It's Holy Week next week. As I prepare to go to the province for this week-long vacation, I cannot help but recall the traditions that is associated with the week - some of them I have experienced, others I have yet to taste. One of the things a lot of people do during Holy Week is Visita Iglesia. Visita Iglesia means visiting 7 churches to pray the 14 stations of the cross - 2 stations per church, I think. I've done this only once in Quezon. We visited the churches in Candelaria, Sariaya, Tayabas, Lucban, 2 churches in Lucena City and Pagbilao. Anyway, I know it is hard to look for 7 churches here in Metro Manila that are strategically located such that you will be able to visit them all in one day. But don't worry, I have here an itinerary for the Makati, Pasay and Paranaque area.
1. Santuario de San Antonio. MsKinley Road, Forbes Park, Makati City.
2. National Shrine of the Sacred Heart. Kamagong cor Sacred Heart Sts., San Antonio Village, Makati City.
3. St. John Bosco Parish Church. Arnaiz Avenue, Makati City
4. St. Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri Parish (Magallanes Church). Humabon St., Magallanes Village, Makati City.
5. Sta. Clara de Montefalco Parish. P. Burgos St. Pasay City (Beside Pasay General Hospital)
6. National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Church (Baclaran Church or Redemptorist Church). Baclaran, Paranaque City.
7. Shrine of Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life. SM Mall of Asia Complex (near SMX).
These churches are easy to find and they are not very far away from each other. You will surely find your way easily.
For those who cannot go out to visit these churches like those who are bedridden, the Catholic Church has devised a solution for you - Visita Iglesia online. Talk about going high tech. You can now visit http://visitaiglesia.net However, let not the presence of this site be an excuse for you to really go and physically visit churches in your area.
Have a meaningful Holy Week everyone. And those going to the provinces, INGAT (take care)!
1. Santuario de San Antonio. MsKinley Road, Forbes Park, Makati City.
2. National Shrine of the Sacred Heart. Kamagong cor Sacred Heart Sts., San Antonio Village, Makati City.
3. St. John Bosco Parish Church. Arnaiz Avenue, Makati City
4. St. Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri Parish (Magallanes Church). Humabon St., Magallanes Village, Makati City.
5. Sta. Clara de Montefalco Parish. P. Burgos St. Pasay City (Beside Pasay General Hospital)
6. National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Church (Baclaran Church or Redemptorist Church). Baclaran, Paranaque City.
7. Shrine of Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life. SM Mall of Asia Complex (near SMX).
These churches are easy to find and they are not very far away from each other. You will surely find your way easily.
For those who cannot go out to visit these churches like those who are bedridden, the Catholic Church has devised a solution for you - Visita Iglesia online. Talk about going high tech. You can now visit http://visitaiglesia.net However, let not the presence of this site be an excuse for you to really go and physically visit churches in your area.
Have a meaningful Holy Week everyone. And those going to the provinces, INGAT (take care)!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
sun cellular postpaid application
i applied for a postpaid line at the sun shop in cash & carry, makati last friday....i brought along all the documents required (valid id, proof of billing, income tax certificate, payslips for two months)....a girl assisted in completing the forms required....she even discussed with me the possible free phones i could get....she then told me that my application will be submitted that afternoon and i should expect a call within three days....the next day i received a call (prompt) asking if i have already received information regarding the status of my application...i said not yet....she then said my application has been denied....i asked why and she said she doesn't know....then she told me that i could apply for a line without the free phone...i forgot how they call that promo....it has no freephone and no 24-month lockup.....yesterday (tuesday) i decided to just get the line without the free phone....i felt that that was a better deal because of the no lockup provision....anyway the phone that they will be giving is not a must-have phone so who cares.....on my way to the mall i got a call from sun asking me if i am willing to wait because they will be forwarding my application for re-evaluation....i asked why....she said that that's usually what they do with denied applications....i found it unusual that they will ask for re-evaluation three days after the first evaluation....but i said yes anyway.....then a few minutes ago i received another call again form sun....i was asked (again) if i have already received information regarding my application....i said not yet....and then she said yet again that my application has been denied....i laughed....hmmmm....will i receive another call after three days for another re-evaluation?.....hahaha....sun cellular......fun doing business with them....hahaha.......sun goes up.....sun goes down.....sun goes up.....sun goes down.....a cycle we all know......like their application process......or better yet, like their signal....i'll just get that line without the free phone.....to experience a roller coaster ride......would you like to join the ride?.....
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
trespassing
on my way to the office i saw a huge fenced vacant lot that....there was a 'no trespassing' sign hanging on the makeshift gate......what is trespassing?.....i learned from my grade school language that to trespass means to enter a property without the owner's consent......hmmmm.....sounds simple, right?......to enter a property uninvited.....would you say a party gatecrasher is trespassing?....would you call a person who is violating your privacy a trespasser?.....would you call stepping over somebody else's responsibilities trespassing?....i wonder....
wait......
i just checked.....wiki says 'trespass' is divided into three groups....trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.....okay......so there.....i didn't read the entire wiki output because it was too long it would take me days to finish....fine, fine.....i'm exaggerating......
so why am i so concerned with trespassing.......actually i'm not.......i'm just a little concerned.....why?....well i just learned that a friend is feeling bad lately because somebody is 'stealing' his responsibilities at work....a colleague of his is doing the things he is supposed to do.....that guy must be trying to earn some brownie points from the higher ups......bad.......bad.......am i being judgmental?....i am?.....okay, fine, maybe that guy just wants to help.......hmmmmm..........hmmmm......but i still think that is bad......if that guy has pure intentions then he should have asked my friend first if he wants some help......tsk...tsk.....
trespassing?......i say yes......
wait......
i just checked.....wiki says 'trespass' is divided into three groups....trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.....okay......so there.....i didn't read the entire wiki output because it was too long it would take me days to finish....fine, fine.....i'm exaggerating......
so why am i so concerned with trespassing.......actually i'm not.......i'm just a little concerned.....why?....well i just learned that a friend is feeling bad lately because somebody is 'stealing' his responsibilities at work....a colleague of his is doing the things he is supposed to do.....that guy must be trying to earn some brownie points from the higher ups......bad.......bad.......am i being judgmental?....i am?.....okay, fine, maybe that guy just wants to help.......hmmmmm..........hmmmm......but i still think that is bad......if that guy has pure intentions then he should have asked my friend first if he wants some help......tsk...tsk.....
trespassing?......i say yes......
Monday, November 8, 2010
insecurity...
why are you so insecure?
you graduated from a good school?
you have a good job?
you have had your share of promotions?
you have money?
these are things that should give you some amount of confidence. these things should assure you that you can do it. these things should assure you that you are good such that you don't have to always compete with others just to prove yourself.
.....
in my opinion insecurity develops as we grow up...
examples:
1. family of girl is not rich...she does not get to buy nice clothes and shoes like her other classmates...when she grows up and starts earning money, she buys signature clothes...seems okay, right?...the problem is she does not just wear those nice clothes to look good bu to look better than her colleagues or friends...she may or may not be intentionally doing it but she is competing with them...
2. a boy gets good grades...he becomes part of the honors list but never makes it to the top...he knows he is doing his best so he feels bad because his efforts never seem enough to make it to number 1...at first he either feels he is doing something wrong or there is something he is still not doing but should be doing...nothing wrong with that...but he cant find that something...this leads him to resent the others who seem to have discovered that something that he still fails to unearth...as he grows and enter college problem becomes bigger because he fails to get in to the school that he thinks is where all the bright ones study...this makes his hatred towards those who are better than him more pronounced...he always competes with them...he likes to look at the things that they do so that when they commit mistakes he can have something to use against them...
3. a girl grows up with an older sister and a younger brother...dad likes her older sister very much...mom likes the youngest so much...she feels sad because she does not get the same attention as her other siblings...she tries her best to get noticed but to no avail....she feels depressed....then she because envious of the two...she tries her best to compete with them...then she grows up and enter into a relationship...she always feel her boyfriend is fooling around...she gets jealous all the time....
.......
these are issues that should be handled by parents early on...parents sensitive to the needs of their children will notice these signs....they make ways to address them...they give them assurances so they will feel assured...complete...confident...when these issues are not addressed early they become bigger...and the feeling of insecurity could he really consume ones whole being and this could lead him to do really bad things...
examples of possible consequences
1. could lead to stealing to money just so he or she could buy nice things
2. could lead to entering jobs like drug dealing or prostitution just to have money
3. inventing stories about others to put them down
4. cheating in exams
5. having several boyfriends/girlfriends at the same time to feel loved
6. entering into adulterous relationships
7. ....murder
again, to prevent these things from happening, kids should be given enough love by their parents...parents are responsible for making the children secured in all aspects of their lives....
you graduated from a good school?
you have a good job?
you have had your share of promotions?
you have money?
these are things that should give you some amount of confidence. these things should assure you that you can do it. these things should assure you that you are good such that you don't have to always compete with others just to prove yourself.
.....
in my opinion insecurity develops as we grow up...
examples:
1. family of girl is not rich...she does not get to buy nice clothes and shoes like her other classmates...when she grows up and starts earning money, she buys signature clothes...seems okay, right?...the problem is she does not just wear those nice clothes to look good bu to look better than her colleagues or friends...she may or may not be intentionally doing it but she is competing with them...
2. a boy gets good grades...he becomes part of the honors list but never makes it to the top...he knows he is doing his best so he feels bad because his efforts never seem enough to make it to number 1...at first he either feels he is doing something wrong or there is something he is still not doing but should be doing...nothing wrong with that...but he cant find that something...this leads him to resent the others who seem to have discovered that something that he still fails to unearth...as he grows and enter college problem becomes bigger because he fails to get in to the school that he thinks is where all the bright ones study...this makes his hatred towards those who are better than him more pronounced...he always competes with them...he likes to look at the things that they do so that when they commit mistakes he can have something to use against them...
3. a girl grows up with an older sister and a younger brother...dad likes her older sister very much...mom likes the youngest so much...she feels sad because she does not get the same attention as her other siblings...she tries her best to get noticed but to no avail....she feels depressed....then she because envious of the two...she tries her best to compete with them...then she grows up and enter into a relationship...she always feel her boyfriend is fooling around...she gets jealous all the time....
.......
these are issues that should be handled by parents early on...parents sensitive to the needs of their children will notice these signs....they make ways to address them...they give them assurances so they will feel assured...complete...confident...when these issues are not addressed early they become bigger...and the feeling of insecurity could he really consume ones whole being and this could lead him to do really bad things...
examples of possible consequences
1. could lead to stealing to money just so he or she could buy nice things
2. could lead to entering jobs like drug dealing or prostitution just to have money
3. inventing stories about others to put them down
4. cheating in exams
5. having several boyfriends/girlfriends at the same time to feel loved
6. entering into adulterous relationships
7. ....murder
again, to prevent these things from happening, kids should be given enough love by their parents...parents are responsible for making the children secured in all aspects of their lives....
Friday, October 29, 2010
just give it a try
had a nice conversation with a cousin a few nights ago...we talked about a lot of things...mostly about plans for the future...the conversation actually centered on taking bold steps...about doing the things you've dreamt of doing...i kind of envy her for being brave enough to abandon her regular job to try out something that she really wants...she's an account...after a few years of practicing that profession she decided to do something new...she became an artist...i think she became part of an advertising agency...then she decided to leave that job to yet again fulfill another dream...that is to become a farmer...seldom will you hear someone abandon a white collar job to become a farmer...well, she does not really do what a typical farmer does...i mean i don't think she plows the field with the help of a carabao...she has a farm where she plants tomatoes, herbs, etc...she has a helper of course...but whatever it is, i admire her for taking that risk of leaving a regular job to do farming where the future isn't really clear...for me, at least...now she has harvested tomatoes and other vegetables...and i can see she is having fun...i admire her because i've had other plans in the past that i have totally abandoned for fear that i will not succeed...i'm not really sure if i can still do those things now not because i feel too old for them but because i need my regular job because i need a steady income to provide for my father's needs...however, my cousin still believes that i should give a few of those dreams a try...she's not encouraging me to leave my job but instead she is telling me to at least try my other plans even on a part time basis...i think i can do that...or i can give some of them a try...i just need to have that courage to take the first step...oh, and i also need to remove that fear of failing...you see i've been quite successful in many of the things i've done so failing is something i'm really anxious about...but like what she said i should try...how will i know if i'm going to succeed if i do not try, right?...so...what's the first thing that i'll try to do...i don't want to say it just yet but i've already found a way to start...i saw a seminar/training that i can take to see if i will be able to do it...basta....bahala na si batman...
Thursday, October 7, 2010
tale of three fathers
while on the bus on my way to the province, i overheard this family talking....
mommy: daddy what did the doctor say about "boyet" (i can't remember the young boy's name)
daddy: he said it's just ordinary cough
mommy: what medicine did he give
daddy: i forgot and i lost the doctor's prescription
turning towards a girl who is probably just 12 years old
daddy: "girlet"(i can't rememebr the young girl's name), what's the name of the medicine?
girlet: its ________
daddy: oh yeah that's right
wow! the father forgot the name of his son's medicines...tsk...tsk...and he lost the prescription...
after the family got off the bus another family sat behind me....a dad, a son and a daughter...
daddy: (talking to boyie) what do you want to buy in SM...
boyie: (whispering) lunch box
daddy: where is your lunch box?
girlie: he broke it
boyie: but not on purpose
daddy: so what do you bring to school?
boyie: i just buy food at the canteen
daddy: how much is your allowance?
girlie: we bring 70 each
daddy: your mom didn't tell me about that lunch box went we talked...i should have sent money so you could buy one...don't worry...we'll buy a new lunch box...then we'll eat at jollibee....then we'll watch legend of the guardians....then we'll play at the timezone.....
it appears to me that the father does not live with the kids....either he works in another place or he is separated from his wife already.....
on my way back to manila i witnessed yet another story about a father and his kids....
i was seated on the third row....i could hear loud cries from outside the bus...a young boy was wailing.....loud.....very loud.....then after a couple of minutes a mother got on the bus...she was pulling a young boy...he is probably just 6 years old....the boy was trying hard to get away from the mother.....
mommy: stop crying....sit down....
boy: (cry)...(cry)...i want to stay with daddy....
mommy: stop it....we need to go....
then the dad got on the bus as well with another boy who is probably around 10
boyong: daddy i want to stay with you and kuya (big brother)
daddy: "boyong" you cannot stay here...you have to go to school....
boyong: but why can kuya stay with you and i cannot...
daddy: sit down....stop crying.....don't worry you'll come here again next month...
the father kissed the mom and the boy goodbye and left with the kuya.....i saw he was teary-eyed....
three dads....different stories....
first dad.....probably lives with his kids.....they stay together in one house......forgets about his meds....seems to be taking things for granted....
second dad.....obviously trying to make up for lost time......trying to connect with his kids....trying to build a relationship
third dad......heart broken.....torn between letting his son go or allowing him to stay....
three dads....three different stories.....
mommy: daddy what did the doctor say about "boyet" (i can't remember the young boy's name)
daddy: he said it's just ordinary cough
mommy: what medicine did he give
daddy: i forgot and i lost the doctor's prescription
turning towards a girl who is probably just 12 years old
daddy: "girlet"(i can't rememebr the young girl's name), what's the name of the medicine?
girlet: its ________
daddy: oh yeah that's right
wow! the father forgot the name of his son's medicines...tsk...tsk...and he lost the prescription...
after the family got off the bus another family sat behind me....a dad, a son and a daughter...
daddy: (talking to boyie) what do you want to buy in SM...
boyie: (whispering) lunch box
daddy: where is your lunch box?
girlie: he broke it
boyie: but not on purpose
daddy: so what do you bring to school?
boyie: i just buy food at the canteen
daddy: how much is your allowance?
girlie: we bring 70 each
daddy: your mom didn't tell me about that lunch box went we talked...i should have sent money so you could buy one...don't worry...we'll buy a new lunch box...then we'll eat at jollibee....then we'll watch legend of the guardians....then we'll play at the timezone.....
it appears to me that the father does not live with the kids....either he works in another place or he is separated from his wife already.....
on my way back to manila i witnessed yet another story about a father and his kids....
i was seated on the third row....i could hear loud cries from outside the bus...a young boy was wailing.....loud.....very loud.....then after a couple of minutes a mother got on the bus...she was pulling a young boy...he is probably just 6 years old....the boy was trying hard to get away from the mother.....
mommy: stop crying....sit down....
boy: (cry)...(cry)...i want to stay with daddy....
mommy: stop it....we need to go....
then the dad got on the bus as well with another boy who is probably around 10
boyong: daddy i want to stay with you and kuya (big brother)
daddy: "boyong" you cannot stay here...you have to go to school....
boyong: but why can kuya stay with you and i cannot...
daddy: sit down....stop crying.....don't worry you'll come here again next month...
the father kissed the mom and the boy goodbye and left with the kuya.....i saw he was teary-eyed....
three dads....different stories....
first dad.....probably lives with his kids.....they stay together in one house......forgets about his meds....seems to be taking things for granted....
second dad.....obviously trying to make up for lost time......trying to connect with his kids....trying to build a relationship
third dad......heart broken.....torn between letting his son go or allowing him to stay....
three dads....three different stories.....
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