I owe you's

Monday, May 28, 2007

To my mama:

As I walk through my museum of memories, I owe you - for your time. Day and night. I owe you - for your example. Consistent and dependable. I owe you - for your support. Stimulating and challenging. I owe you - for your humor. Sparky and quick. I owe you - for your counsel. Wise and quiet. I owe you - for your humility. Genuine and gracious. I owe you - for your hospitality. Smiling and warm. I owe you - for your insight. Keen and honest. I owe you - for your flexibility. Patient and joyful. I owe you - for your sacrifices. Numerous and quickly forgotten. I owe you - for your faith. Solid and sure. I owe you - for your hope. Ceaseless and indestructible. I owe you - for your love. Devoted and deep.

-Charles R. Swindoll, Strong Family

Butterfly Tales
12:42 PM

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Why now?

Sunday, May 27, 2007

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This blogger's Beau

5.27.07. Isn't it obvious by now that I am in love and still in love? The romantic hopeful that I am is still in love even after 14 months has passed and I am still counting the days and still hoping for what most girls dream about. I had hoped and I am still hoping that we'd be celebrating more than just 14 months but maybe a lifetime together. Pressing the rewind button would reveal that this relationship is standing the test time. A lot has changed since then.. He fell in love with my long chocolate-brown silky hair and I just fell for him. My hair is shorter and my beau has gained weight and looking every bit awesome and I have become an envy of most girls. But more than the superficiality side of things, I love my beau for always bringing out the bst in me and for loving me despite the worst in me. I may be away from him on this day but I still would want to celebrate and mark today as our 14th month. People know that when they're still in love and head over heels over someone because they feel a throbbing pain in their chest everytime they think of that person who brings music into their life. *sigh*... I love you Lindz and I thank God for all the laughter and thank you for loving me and for bringing music into my life. Thank you for being patient with me and for tolerating my drama. I'll see you when I come back and yes, I miss you too.

Honey, this song's for you

Bryan Adams
When You Love Someone

When you love someone you'll do anything
You'll do all the crazy things that you can't explain
You'll shoot the moon put out the sun
When you love someone
You'll deny the truth believe a lie
There'll be times that you'll believe
you can really fly
But your lonely nights have just begun
When you love someone
When you love someone y ou'll feel it deep inside
And nothin' else can ever change your mind
When you want someone - when you need someone
When you love someone
When you love someone - you'll sacrifice
You'd give it everything you got and
you won't think twice
You'd risk it all - no matter what may come
When you love someone
You'll shoot the moon - put out the sun
When you love someone

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This blogger's brother

This dude just got married today, 5.26.07. It was a very warm and cozy celebration that was celebrated with close family and friends. My brother was every inch looking like a handsome knight in his barong and Angeli was radiantly glowing as she walked down the aisle. It was a pretty sight to see and will forever cherish that moment, looking at my brother gazing at his Bride-to-be with so much love. I was holding back tear s watching them and there's always something beautiful about weddings that always gives a twitch inside all the time. I couldn't believe that I was actually watching my own brother getting hitched. He made a proud announcement at the wedding reception that they've been together for 8 years. They finally decided to tie knot and will be welcoming a baby Fortich come September. I

wouldn't blame my kuya for starting a family at such a tender age of only 24 but he'll be turning 25 this June 6, he started young, again, they've been together longer than most marriages these days and he has a stable job working as a lead in the biggest and pioneering callcenter in Mindanao. I guess he has what it takes to start a family of his own now.

Message to the Groom (My Kuya Paolo): Kuya, I love you and will always be proud of you. I can't believe you'll be a dad soon and I know for a fact that both Anj and baby are blessed to have you in their lives. We, your family are blessed to have you with us and for being a part of us. You have your own family to take care of now but you'll always be part of this family.

Message to the Bride (Beautiful Angeli): We warmly welcome you into the family. I know there'll be many adjustments to make especially now that not only have you become part of the Fortich family but we will also be welcoming a new member soon. We're really glad to have you with us. Please feel at home, we are one family now.

I on the other hand is only just beginning to accomplish my dreams and I wake up each day knowing that every day brings me closer to that dream.

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This blogger's birthday

I took a picture of me as the clock ticked 5.25.07. I actually don't feel any different, I still feel the sa me person as I was but I feel only a year older. I've already welcomed adulthood a long time ago and birthdays have now become mere reminders that I'm not getting any younger and will soon face wrinkles. I haven't seen a trace of wrinkles on my face yet so I'm not yet worried.

A couple of people have greeted me and mostly from very close ones. I marked my 24th year with lunch with my family. The food was great and more than the food was the time I spent with the 5 of us. I missed my brother Kaloi who has been in Manila for quite some time and flew in to Cagayan de Oro to witness and celebrate our Kuya's wedding. It was just a plain delight having my family all in one table. It'll take time until we can all be together in one table again especially now that my kuya is married and my younger brother is only about to graduate from animation school and will be looking for a job and I have decided to stay in Cebu. It was a simple celebration but it meant a lot to me having celebrated my 24th birthday with my entire family. I couldn't ask for more.

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This blogger's mobile phone

Sony Ericsson W850i. I grabbed this unit about a month ago. I was just surfing the web, was checking out gadgets, trying out it's features online and I fell in love with this phone. I didn't set out to buy this thing not until I got the moolah for it so my beau and I set out to buy it. My heart almost sank when I gave the saleslady the money for it, I was carrying cash with me the entire time and giving it up for this phone was not easy. At the last moment, I changed my mind but I know I needed to buy something for working really hard for more than 2 years, not that I deserved a reward or anything but I just wanted something tangible out of the earnings I got. I downloaded all my fave songs, took pictures and videos of me, my friends and family. I don't regret grabbing this phone for it became a companion for my beau and I on lonely days and nights and it provided rel ief and an escape from harsh realities in life just by listening to good music. I made a couple of friends just by sharing music through bluetooth. It's simply amazing. It won't be long until this phone will soon be replaced by newer versions but it doesn't matter to me anyway cause this phone has served its purpose.

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This blogger's song

Natasha Bedingfield

Unwritten

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh

I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, yeah, yeah

I carry this song with me lately. I really do believe that

the best is still unwritten.

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This blogger's career

Team Go Nadz!

I have an amazing team composed of diamonds in a rough. They've been a very good bunch although they're not perfect but they make going to work worthwhile. I appreciate everyone in the team and I could only hope that I am able to take care of their needs being their supervisor.

Skyrise IT Building

This is where I spend most of my time and where I have established my career. I remember looking at this empty lot where this building now stands. It looks like a gem at night. It is mostly filled with people working inside this building at night more than during the day. It's only one of the IT buildings around IT park where both my beau and I are working. I work at the fourth floor of the building while he works on the sixth.

My Desk

I tried to be really organized every time I work but as the day (or shall we say as the night) starts, I lose track of the things that I need to do that the stuff on my desks ends up scattered everywhere.

Despite all the mess on my desk, I now have a place reserved just for me at the office and I can't be any more happier. I had to work my a** off to earn my right to have a desk of my own.

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Random ramblings. I want to thank a person whom I call "Valentine." He is the only other person I know aside from my bestfriend Alma who celebrates his birthday on Valentine's day. He made my trips from Cebu to CDO and back to Cebu comfortable and eady by making sure that I have a space to rest, providing me a free upgrade and for bringing me coffee every morning before the boat docks. I don't think I'll ever forget this person for being generous and kind enough for helping a D.I.D like me. I'm used to travelling alone but I dread having to face the lonely sea by myself so I always welcome good companies such as his on such occasions. He made me feel a little special by treating me like VIP in his own little way. I could only offer him music and stories in return.

Butterfly Tales
3:41 AM

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Who I am...

Saturday, May 26, 2007

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11:53 PM

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Blogging on a Sunday

Sunday, May 20, 2007

This blog will have no theme, whatever goes then, I am just dying to let these emotions out because I can feel that they are bottled up and I just want some form of release. Let the writing begin…

I’m here at the office on a Sunday. This is a rare and unusual occurrence since I usually spend my time at my room or with my boyfriend on a Sunday but since he changed his schedule I didn’t know then just how exactly to spend my Sundays. Well, I decided to treat him out for lunch, I’ve been lashing out on the poor guy for days now and I can feel that our relationship is hitting the rocks and if I keep on behaving the way I have been behaving around him these past days then I guess it won’t be long until we say bye bye to each other. I don’t know how to deal with these emotions, I try not to be too jealous or possessive but I cannot help it sometimes. My mom would tell me that I need to control my emotions and not lash out or throw temper trantrums at him. Sometime ago, I was almost impossible to deal with that he decided not to see me for days. It was torture and it was a lesson I needed to learn and relearn. I guess I need to chill and just relax and trust the guy. He’s been a really good person to me and I love him for that.

I used to be a blog addict. I could sit in front of the PC for hours just trying to update or making new revisions on my blog. Reading through the blogs of my friends never fails to make my day especially on a really hard day when I just need an escape from all the bliss and demands of the world. I applaud my bestfriend Rox for being a great writer and all my friends who are witty and I just envy how their creative minds work and work to their advantage.

Here are a couple of dates that I want to take note of, it was on a sunshiny Saturday of October 21, 2006, my exs birthday by the way when it was announced to the entire office that I was promoted to Supervisor –OIC and was officially made a Supervisor Trainee by November, the offer letter was handed on November 8, 2006, the day that I turned 2 years with the company and just this May, I am a now a full-fledged Supervisor completing my training for 6 months. I feel that I am only a step away from my dreams and I won’t be disclosing those dreams just yet. My birthday is coming soon on the 25^th. My brother’s wedding is on the 26^th. I just picked up my dress for the wedding yesterday. My beau and I will be celebrating 14 months on the 27^th. A lot of dates to remember and I can only be grateful for the opportunity to celebrate them. This is all for now until I can keep my thoughts together.

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Nadina Mae C. Fortich

Operations Team Supervisor PeopleSupport (Phils.), Inc.

4/F Skyrise IT Bldg. AsiaTown IT Park, Apas, Lahug, Cebu City

Mobile: 0928.391.5447 Office: +63 (32) 234.8200 Ext.: 26378

Home: +63 (32) 416.8552 email: nfortich@peoplesupport.com

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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13

Butterfly Tales
11:20 AM

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Low

Sunday, May 06, 2007

These are just a couple of things that I want to unload after a really hard day

~*~ I was feeling low.. My pride got bruised somehow. I came home because I wanted to and because I needed to. It wasn't for a vacation but because my mom got sick. I feel that everything that I have been doing since I came back has been a flop, I couldn't help myself but cry earlier when all her comments boiled down to not being able to take care of her because we have a communication gap because I have been away for too long now. I honestly don't think there's any communication gap if everything was set clearly in the first place. I am being blamed for buying the wrong stuff always... I can understand instructions clearly and can follow them thoroughly. I've never had to take care of a sick person plus I never thought that her sickness was that serious. I know that ignorance excuses no one but I guess I just wanted a little credit for trying and for asking her what she wants that would make her feel better every now and then. I know that my efforts did not reach her level of expectation but I just hope that she'll recognize even a bit of it...

~*~ Blog hopping is one of those things that I actually enjoy, I could spend hours and hours in front of a PC smiling, laughing and crying my heart out... Just me, myself and I. It was long ago since IT in the office blocked all blog sites. Well, since then, blogging became seldom. I was browsing through my blog and my last update was last year. I came across my bestfriend's blog and I didn't know she dedicated a blog for her bestfriends. Her words were sweet and it made me feel honored, it was enough to make feel that I may not do things perfectly always but at least I am doing or have done something good.

~*~ I received the phonecall for my brother from his fiance, she was feeling upset about a lot of things, I normally dismiss her telling her that my brother is away or at the office but I sensed that she wasn't feeling well and that maybe she needed my brother pronto so I took the time to ask her if she was ok and I am guessing that she is having the pre-wedding jitters. I can only assume that it's normal for any person to feel that way even if you feel that you can spend the rest of your life with that same person. I'm glad I took the time to talk to her that way I get to know her personally and become really good friends with my future sis in law. I always complained about not being close to her but the question is, have I even taken the time to ask about her. I guess not. I know it takes more than talking her out from cancelling the wedding. I am sure that my brother loves her and will marry her in a heartbeat. Missing a phonecall or failing to update her of my brother's whereabouts will not always translate that she is being pushed aside or that my brother is not going to face his responsibilities. I can only hope that, that phonecall is only a start of a good friendship, not only because she'll be my brother's wife soon or will be the mom of my niece and nephew but I know that despite of my impressions about her, she's a great person and one who is worth every getting to know.

~*~ I'll be coming back to CEBU tomorrow night. I am not complaining about going back to my job that I have learned to love and live with but I know it's going to be hard leaving my mom behind in her condition. Especially now after that episode we had earlier. I can only take so much and even my job demanded too much from me, it seldom pushed me to the point of tears. I just felt that she was so hard and difficult to please. I honestly and completely lost, I feel that I have lost my balance. I always come back refreshed and rejuvenated after being home but it's different since the last time, I feel exhausted and more lost than I was before I cam here. Whatever I may be feeling now, I hope that things will be sorted somehow.

~*~ THe day is approaching, I am not just talking about when I turn 24, which is about 18 days from now, I am talking about my brothers wedding and it's the first in the family. A major and a lifechaning event in our lives. Our lives will forever be altered after this one day and I have been preparing myself for it. I don't know how but just for this day alone, I was browsing through the mall to check on dresses or gowns I could wear and I found one that would fit me and maybe be good enough for the wedding, I only have until tomorrow to take care of my mom and look for a fitting dress to wear for the occasion and I'll be back to my life in CEBU. So much to do in so little, plus I have to accompany my mom to the doctor tomorrow and hoping that everything will go well. May God help me...

Butterfly Tales
7:56 PM

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Bryan AdamsWhen You Love Someone

Bryan Adams
When You Love Someone